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2026-04-02 19:05:25 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! We're chatting with Laurel Paget-Seekins about how the Trump administration is looking to gut civil rights enforcement for transportat projects. Also transit agency power dynamics and public sector capacity - https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jg34x

2026-04-02 00:22:04 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - The Paralympic Village Was Proof That Truly Accessible Cities Can and Should Exist https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jwkg8 Teen Vogue

2026-04-02 00:21:09 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read #2 - How To Fix The Broken Gas Tax https://link.theoverheadwire.com/yukab

2026-04-02 00:16:49 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Texas saw a $50B future in clean energy. Then the political winds shifted. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/d36tb Grist

2026-03-31 23:21:32 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - No, your city doesn't need another dashboard https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jpfcu Route Fifty

2026-03-31 23:20:47 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Multiscale Analysis of Pedestrian Crossing Distance https://link.theoverheadwire.com/kd64c Journal of the American Planning Association

2026-03-31 23:17:58 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work https://link.theoverheadwire.com/by36m

2026-03-31 00:29:26 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - “Why do we do this bill?” Preparing congressional staff for surface transportation reauthorization https://link.theoverheadwire.com/v83cu T4America

2026-03-31 00:28:35 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Report: Nearly Half of U.S. Households Are Not Economically Secure https://link.theoverheadwire.com/vadqj Governing

2026-03-31 00:26:43 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - New study identifies shared mathematical principle linking how cells, companies, and cities diversify https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7bkvn MIT Sloan School of Management

2026-03-29 21:11:16 UTC

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hope u enjoyed them both!

2026-03-26 21:10:05 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast @usa.streetsblog.org - We’re joined by Stephen Crim, director of policy and analytical reporting for the New York MTA’s Central Business District Tolling Program.
https://link.theoverheadwire.com/cebfx

2026-03-26 21:08:48 UTC

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I just played it on my desktop and phone through Overcast. Maybe it resolved? Let me know if its still not working for you. Thanks so much for listening!

2026-03-26 21:05:45 UTC

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Ohh I'll look into it.

2026-03-26 16:09:50 UTC

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I saw this one too yesterday. Pretty cool. https://www.designboom.com/design/handmade-miniature-model-new-york-layout-city-streets-buildings-joe-macken/

2026-03-25 23:32:56 UTC

Also in tomorrow's newsletter, a really fascinating item in Noema Magazine on mechanism design in creating policies that have positive outcomes for those who participate. Transfer of development rights, one of my favorites, is discussed in detail -
link.theoverheadwire.com/u9yxb

2026-03-25 23:27:51 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - This rail line would get you to the Grove, the Beverly Center and Cedars-Sinai. Is it L.A.’s ‘missing link’? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/u93cw LA Times

2026-03-25 23:27:07 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Modelling car dependence: Pathways to sustainable urban mobility https://link.theoverheadwire.com/w8qeg Cities: The International Journal of Policy and Planning

2026-03-25 23:25:58 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Converting Obsolete Offices to Small Co-Living Apartments Could Help Ease U.S. Housing Shortage https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9ka6p Pew

2026-03-24 23:49:01 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Op-Ed: Don’t Let Fear Flatten Progress on E-Bikes https://link.theoverheadwire.com/y4htm Streetsblog SF

2026-03-24 23:47:31 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - The Black Mecca’s Climate Plan Is Costing Black Atlanta Residents Their Homes https://link.theoverheadwire.com/hwxj9 Capital B Atlanta

2026-03-24 23:46:01 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Final Akron Innerbelt plan focuses on more houses, new roads https://link.theoverheadwire.com/8fq9y Akron Signal

2026-03-23 21:53:33 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - Disorder in the Liberal City https://link.theoverheadwire.com/c9bj6 City of Yes

2026-03-23 21:52:36 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Parliament approves transit tax across Switzerland https://link.theoverheadwire.com/37h4c

2026-03-23 21:50:22 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - BART Monetizes Empty Parking With New Online Leasing Tool https://link.theoverheadwire.com/wbrjd

2026-03-19 19:30:09 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways! Great new episode with Vanessa Cooksey and Chris Hansen discussing how the Grand Center Arts District has been bolstered by placemaking and targeted investments and mutualism. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/yqetp Great discussion on people powered economic development.

2026-03-18 23:07:32 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - MTA considers pivoting Red Line to rapid bus service instead of light rail, sources say https://link.theoverheadwire.com/kdayf Baltimore Banner

2026-03-18 23:06:48 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Roads less traveled: the safety surprises of big cities https://link.theoverheadwire.com/utndq SSTI

2026-03-18 23:05:47 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Ohio cities are signing secret deals and hiding corporate names from the public https://link.theoverheadwire.com/trq3m Cleveland.com

2026-03-18 00:16:18 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Why walkable neighborhoods aren’t just about distance https://link.theoverheadwire.com/vk3m4 CU Boulder Today

2026-03-18 00:15:39 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - ‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel Impossible https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7ue6g New York Times

2026-03-18 00:14:10 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Why street layouts may matter for aging brains: Brain scans link walkability to memory https://link.theoverheadwire.com/wqyhu Medical Xpress

2026-03-16 23:21:22 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - ‘Buy America’ rule killing Maine affordable housing, developers say https://link.theoverheadwire.com/8t9nm Portland Press Herald

2026-03-16 23:20:41 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Boulder’s middle-income down payment program drew zero applicants. The city may end it. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/6t3gf Boulder Reporting Lab

2026-03-16 23:19:26 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Digital Arizona Wallet Will Hold Driver's License, Documents https://link.theoverheadwire.com/uvdkb Government Technology

2026-03-12 18:37:07 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast. Episode 570 but you don't have to listen in order! Jeremy Wells discusses his book Managing the Magic of Old Places: Crafting Public Policies for People-Centered Historic Preservation https://link.theoverheadwire.com/hg768
I think folks will enjoy even if not preservationist

2026-03-10 23:54:33 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Rail Transit Development Hasn’t Kept Up with US Population Growth. Here’s How Policymakers Can Expand Access https://link.theoverheadwire.com/d6bgu Urban Institute

2026-03-10 23:53:46 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - The Adjusted Transit Accessibility Index: A proximity-independent measure of public transit accessibility https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7y69q Journal of Transport Geography

2026-03-10 23:52:25 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Chrono-Urbanism: Planning Cities Through Time https://link.theoverheadwire.com/86pem Landzine

2026-03-09 22:44:08 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - The left’s housing civil war is ending https://link.theoverheadwire.com/gaeqy

2026-03-09 22:43:16 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - What Would a City Designed for Blind Commuters Look Like? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/83xvh

2026-03-09 22:42:28 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 ‘Stupendous Potential’: Pay-Per-Mile Auto Insurance Would Cut Costs And Traffic Violence https://link.theoverheadwire.com/qywta

2026-03-05 21:39:36 UTC

This week on #TalkingHeadways it's our annual prediction show with @yonahfreemark.com We discuss what we got right and wrong last year, and what we think might be on the horizon for next. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/468dw

2026-03-04 23:44:16 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Adding Up What Urban Highways Really Cost https://link.theoverheadwire.com/t84nu Bloomberg CityLab

2026-03-04 23:41:19 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - California GOP lawmakers are incensed over a gas tax study. Rural groups say they need it https://link.theoverheadwire.com/ucg3r Associated Press

2026-03-04 23:40:08 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - California’s fire safety regulators are finally out with a ‘single stair’ report. They don’t love the idea https://link.theoverheadwire.com/bphnk @calmatters.org

2026-03-04 01:09:01 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - California High-Speed Rail Authority's new plan slashes $1.7B in costs https://link.theoverheadwire.com/vuyn6 Progressive Railroading

2026-03-04 01:07:22 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Nearly half of L.A. County’s pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9jg8y Los Angeles Times

2026-03-04 01:06:22 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - The sky’s the limit: The Squamish project that’s reshaping Vancouver https://link.theoverheadwire.com/rbg3u Globe and Mail

2026-03-03 00:26:51 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - RTD has been paying contractor for rail service residents didn’t receive https://link.theoverheadwire.com/3r89f Denver Post

2026-03-03 00:25:52 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Plan to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street given official go-ahead https://link.theoverheadwire.com/dyxmp The Guardian

2026-03-03 00:23:47 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - What makes a city beautiful? Here’s what ratings of thousands of urban landscapes reveal https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jvf6e The Conversation

2026-02-27 07:31:35 UTC

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ugh I’m sorry. It is frustrating they would do that for drivers and not everyone else

2026-02-26 23:41:32 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! This week our good friend Yonah Freemark is back on the show to talk about what's happening in the world of transit expansion. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/r9m3t

2026-02-26 00:35:04 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - National Gentrification Intensity Map: Mapping Gentrification Across U.S. Communities, 1970 to 2020 https://link.theoverheadwire.com/f7yvw Can find the GIS map here - https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=ba07ac922fdb4c4fa7cc99a53cc503eb

2026-02-26 00:32:50 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Is the YIMBY movement doomed? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/39bke Planet Money

2026-02-26 00:30:06 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - These are L.A.’s worst intersections. Why some might surprise you https://link.theoverheadwire.com/e6mtb Los Angeles Times

2026-02-25 00:24:57 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - FRA's Controversial Amtrak Shake-Up Leaves Passengers Looking For Clues In Europe https://link.theoverheadwire.com/t3rm7 The Travel

2026-02-25 00:24:01 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - A Letter to Denver: Things Are Getting Ugly https://link.theoverheadwire.com/xndcg @westword.com

2026-02-25 00:23:00 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin https://link.theoverheadwire.com/utm7a @grist.org

2026-02-23 22:33:02 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - How Zoning Won: 100 Years After Euclid https://link.theoverheadwire.com/mth9a Bloomberg CityLab

2026-02-23 22:31:58 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield https://link.theoverheadwire.com/gex9u @reasonstobecheerful.world

2026-02-23 22:29:58 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Decoding Corruption in Urban Economic Development https://link.theoverheadwire.com/thq9m Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

2026-02-19 23:11:35 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast episode is out! This week Chris and Melissa Bruntlett discuss their newest book Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/qndr3

2026-02-18 05:49:56 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - RTD Board Chair believes FasTracks will never be built — and alternatives should be considered https://link.theoverheadwire.com/k384e Colorado Public Radio

2026-02-18 05:48:58 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Maybe America Needs Some New Cities https://link.theoverheadwire.com/cxt8h NYT

2026-02-18 05:46:41 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Tax For Social Housing Brought In Twice the Original Estimate, Mirroring Early JumpStart Results https://link.theoverheadwire.com/hm6yt PubliCola

2026-02-17 00:35:05 UTC

Weekend's Most Read # 1 - New BART fare gates generate $10 million annually for a dying rail system https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/new-bart-fare-gates-generate-10-million-annually-21345215.php

2026-02-17 00:33:42 UTC

Weekend's Most Read # 2 - Plans unveiled for Australia's first new city in over 100 years https://link.theoverheadwire.com/frw3e

2026-02-17 00:32:35 UTC

Weekend's Most Read # 3 - Free Enterprise Is Not A Handout https://link.theoverheadwire.com/4juvb

2026-02-12 19:36:22 UTC

New Talking Headways podcast - Dr. Lawrence Frank discusses the connections between the built environment and public health - https://link.theoverheadwire.com/cqpen

2026-02-12 00:33:40 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - This Bill Would Give Your Community More Money To Build Its Own Transportation Future https://link.theoverheadwire.com/n3g4w

2026-02-12 00:32:04 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet https://link.theoverheadwire.com/f4pre 404 Media

2026-02-12 00:31:06 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - The Best Tactics for Tackling Speeders https://link.theoverheadwire.com/wd6gt Bloomberg CityLab

2026-02-11 01:02:18 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - What's The Matter With Texas (And Florida)? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/f3aj4 Future of Where w Bill Fulton

2026-02-11 01:00:47 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Startup unveils groundbreaking tech that could transform gas stations across US: 'We sell time' https://link.theoverheadwire.com/mtd3v The Cool Down

2026-02-11 00:59:34 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Speck: Traffic Safety or Culture War? Trump’s Desire to ‘Own The Libs’ Undermines Safety https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7chxp Streetsblog USA

2026-02-09 23:49:01 UTC

Bus only scarves are back! We were briefly sold out but just got another order. Find them here https://theoverheadwire.com/2025/02/new-scarves-for-sale/

2026-02-09 22:39:56 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - I’m walking here! A new model maps foot traffic in New York City https://link.theoverheadwire.com/pk4dc MIT News

2026-02-09 22:38:34 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Some Waymos Get Assistance From Remote Workers in the Philippines When They’re Stuck https://link.theoverheadwire.com/yc7ge SFist

2026-02-09 22:35:26 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - The High Cost of Throwing Things Away https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7qamp Ethos

2026-02-05 21:54:07 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! We chat with Scot Danforth about his book An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights. We chat about Ed's life and the origins of the disability rights movement. There's also a bit about curb cuts. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/nfv4t

2026-02-04 01:32:17 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Sure, kids can be annoying – but making public spaces ‘child-free’ is wrong https://link.theoverheadwire.com/r7wq8 @theguardian.com

2026-02-04 01:29:49 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Denver Transit Groups Give Mayor a “D” in Bicycle, Pedestrian Safety and Access https://link.theoverheadwire.com/hbcmp @westword.com

2026-02-04 01:28:31 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - How a Cambridge developer's lawsuit could unravel inclusionary zoning https://link.theoverheadwire.com/kjety @wbur.org

2026-02-03 01:11:26 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children https://link.theoverheadwire.com/qucxk Harvard Gazette

2026-02-03 01:10:23 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - How Trump Weaponized the Department of Transportation https://link.theoverheadwire.com/93buw The New Republic

2026-02-03 01:09:31 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - Why American cities pay over $3,000 for one trash can https://link.theoverheadwire.com/mebcr The Hustle

2026-02-02 19:36:58 UTC

We are entering the tenth year of our subscription newsletter (20 years as a shared newsletter). There are a lot of folks that took a chance on us and I just really want to thank everyone that's been with us whether it's 20 years or just a few months. We keep moving forward!

2026-01-29 21:32:52 UTC

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I've started to get more sensitive to it. Walking down the commercial street here in the morning I notice more all the fumes from the cars and tech buses that pass by. Not a fan.

2026-01-29 21:31:58 UTC

New #TalkingHeadways podcast. This week we're joined by Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance to talk about the one year anniversary of congestion pricing - https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7apdj

2026-01-29 01:04:27 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Los Angeles Anti–Housing Law Push Escalates as Metro Board Seeks SB 79 Exemption https://link.theoverheadwire.com/atc8m Streetsblog LA

2026-01-29 01:03:41 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - One State Has Purchased Enough Electric Cars To Make The Air Measurably Cleaner: Study https://link.theoverheadwire.com/a43cp @theautopian

2026-01-29 01:00:54 UTC

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - No Place Like Home
Professor Lisa Alexander examines how tiny home villages offer dignity, stability, and community to people without housing. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9abyd Boston College Law School Magazine

2026-01-28 00:23:25 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Why Most Dangerous/Safest Cities Rankings Are Bunk https://link.theoverheadwire.com/m9ykc Jeff-alytics

2026-01-28 00:22:03 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Trump Administration Plans to Write Transportation Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence https://link.theoverheadwire.com/bpuj3 @propublica.org

2026-01-28 00:21:05 UTC

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - How Architecture Works in Greenland’s Extreme Climate https://link.theoverheadwire.com/yu7kj Parametric Architecture

2026-01-27 05:46:55 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 1 - There Are No Safe Streets under Fascist Occupation https://link.theoverheadwire.com/ndbvy Streets.mn

2026-01-27 05:45:22 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Colorado bills take ‘big swing’ at state’s housing shortage https://link.theoverheadwire.com/386xy Smart Cities Dive

2026-01-27 05:43:37 UTC

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Inside the Plan to Demolish and Rebuild a Swath of Trump’s Washington https://link.theoverheadwire.com/kuymv Bloomberg CityLab