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2026-07-20 23:27:26 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures https://link.theoverheadwire.com/6rjh7 NPR

2026-06-17 22:55:54 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Dutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of this walking ritual? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9yxqg The Guardian

2026-06-03 23:24:24 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Millions of Trips, “Waymo” Empty Miles: California’s First Thousand Days of Commercial Robotaxi Service https://link.theoverheadwire.com/x8dua Transport Findings

2026-06-03 23:23:15 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Tire Pollution May Threaten Human Health, Study Finds https://link.theoverheadwire.com/aunmy

2026-06-03 23:21:08 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - The rise of the managed city:
Tokyo’s newest megadevelopments aim to redesign urban life for an aging, increasingly diverse society https://link.theoverheadwire.com/u83kb

2026-06-02 22:55:37 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - How Upzoning Affects Housing Supply https://link.theoverheadwire.com/4y6cn Urban Institute

2026-06-02 22:54:27 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Bogotá Gets Its Metro https://link.theoverheadwire.com/u6kgp High Speed

2026-06-02 22:53:00 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - The rhythm of the road: Geometric design guides drivers’ attention through ecological scale matching principles https://link.theoverheadwire.com/3abtu Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

2026-06-01 22:47:49 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 1 - How Copenhagen’s Bike Infrastructure Was Built: A Policy Analysis https://link.theoverheadwire.com/avmwb Car Free America

2026-06-01 22:44:37 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 3 - A new approach to urban planning with less car traffic and lower carbon emissions https://link.theoverheadwire.com/xt3h6 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

2026-05-28 19:32:55 GMT

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Jaime Benevides and Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou of Brown U discuss a new paper showing how community severance by road infrastructure and traffic has led to more mental health-related hospital visits in NYC. link.theoverheadwire.com/8c4nt

2026-05-27 23:10:46 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Campaign to Fund Bay Area Transit Smashes Signature Gathering Goal https://link.theoverheadwire.com/vkx8f KQED

2026-05-21 17:35:00 GMT

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Dabney Sanders joins the show to discuss the 25 year process to complete the Greensboro Downtown Greenway. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/a4kp8

2026-05-20 22:30:09 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Transit Priority Atlas https://link.theoverheadwire.com/fw79r Transit Costs Project @chittimarco.bsky.social @egoldwyn.bsky.social

2026-05-20 22:27:23 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - The abundance mullet: Populism, abundance, and the neighbors blocking the stuff people need https://link.theoverheadwire.com/pjcvt We Can Have Nice Things

2026-05-20 22:25:53 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - How Courtyard Blocks Promote Social Connection https://link.theoverheadwire.com/gku8w Common Edge

2026-05-20 00:28:44 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Democrats on collision course over EV fees in highway bill https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jymef E&E News

2026-05-20 00:28:01 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Reviewing Major Changes in the Highways Title https://link.theoverheadwire.com/g4bpe Eno Center for Transportation

2026-05-19 00:01:24 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 1 - Triumph of the Spanish City https://link.theoverheadwire.com/dryk7 Works in Progress Magazine

2026-05-19 00:00:42 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 2 - We’ll Miss Gas Taxes When They’re Gone https://link.theoverheadwire.com/he6nx Governing

2026-05-18 23:59:57 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 3 - ‘Our Roads Are More Than Just Highways’: Democrats Urge U.S. Senate Not to Defund Multimodal Programs https://link.theoverheadwire.com/pghqf Streetsblog USA

2026-05-14 19:17:32 GMT

New #TalkingHeadways! Law Professor Michael Pollack on who manages, owns and feels ownership of sidewalks — "America's most overlooked resource." https://link.theoverheadwire.com/jk79c

2026-05-13 23:47:06 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Price Ph.D. student develops new way to measure urban accessibility link.theoverheadwire.com/hycef

2026-05-13 23:43:39 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - The Unhappy Hosts of the World Cup https://link.theoverheadwire.com/j3pyd The Atlantic

2026-05-13 23:41:02 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Sherrill Announces NJ TRANSIT Rapid Action Plan https://link.theoverheadwire.com/7v6m4 NJ Business Magazine

2026-05-12 23:30:23 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The Highway Lobby Spends Millions to Make Sure We Pay Billions http://link.theoverheadwire.com/qedhy

2026-05-12 23:23:58 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Dawn of the Electric World Order https://link.theoverheadwire.com/3pe9j

2026-05-12 23:23:04 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Congress Gave States Enough Money to Fix Every Road in America; Some States Set It On Fire Instead https://link.theoverheadwire.com/j4ypb

2026-05-11 23:59:33 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 1 - Riding the D in Los Angeles: city famous for traffic hopes new subway stations will be a ‘game changer’ https://link.theoverheadwire.com/4pduw

2026-05-11 23:55:11 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Above the tracks: China's unique model for transit-oriented development https://link.theoverheadwire.com/67dtu Planetizen

2026-05-11 23:51:56 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Can a sprawling city make public transit work? Sydney may be on the right track https://link.theoverheadwire.com/tjwmv The Guardian

2026-05-07 18:51:31 GMT

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Stephanie Dockery of Bloomberg Philanthropies comes on the show to talk about the Public Art Challenge and all the buses and bus stops that have put together temporary installations. Super cool! https://link.theoverheadwire.com/8hp93

2026-05-06 04:03:25 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - This Doomsday Law Could Stop Trains Across America In A Matter of Weeks https://link.theoverheadwire.com/d3qfc Streetsblog USA

2026-05-06 04:02:41 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - The Racetracks We Call Streets https://link.theoverheadwire.com/r3upb Governing

2026-05-06 04:02:01 GMT

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The Guardian

2026-05-06 04:01:54 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - ‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds https://link.theoverheadwire.com/3bugj

2026-05-04 22:24:03 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 1 - Privatizing the Mail https://link.theoverheadwire.com/6vuam Phenomenal World

2026-05-04 22:22:42 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Two buses, three hours and 13 miles: how Americans in ‘transit deserts’ get groceries without cars https://link.theoverheadwire.com/hqfa6 The Guardian

2026-05-04 22:21:34 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $350M to Cycling Infrastructure Across 30+ Cities https://link.theoverheadwire.com/mgahq Momentum Magazine

2026-05-03 22:32:24 GMT

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Our guest Benjamin Fong mentions postal privatization and what a disaster it would be in our episode, he just recently also released a piece discussing that in detail. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/6vuam

2026-04-30 17:16:12 GMT

New #TalkingHeadways podcast episode! Benjamin Fong joins the show to take a deep dive into the world of logistics and warehousing and his recent piece for Urban Omnibus
https://link.theoverheadwire.com/8rxb6

2026-04-23 05:14:41 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Living in the Sprawl: As housing developments devour open space in the western United States, can local governments stave off habitat loss? https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9nvmh

2026-04-17 03:33:49 GMT

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hmm that’s strange they would urge you to the lower

2026-04-15 23:52:46 GMT

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - The Warehouse, in Plain Sight https://link.theoverheadwire.com/qb7a3 Places Journal

2026-04-15 05:46:19 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Many older drivers don't see the road ahead https://link.theoverheadwire.com/cn4ba Carbon Upfront!

2026-04-15 05:45:30 GMT

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - What Kyoto taught me about designing cities for humans https://link.theoverheadwire.com/tknv3 Chicago Reader

2026-04-15 05:42:10 GMT

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I would agree with that. Really there should be more details on insurance and risk and driving distance. I think if we end up paying road user charges or per mileage fees, the insurance companies could get more sophisticated. They could do it now, but they might need to be pressed.

2026-04-07 19:30:12 GMT

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seems unlikely there would be a bus line there

2026-04-07 06:14:29 GMT

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unlikely in Coastal Florida

2026-04-07 01:03:22 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 1 - China Unveils the World’s Longest Outdoor Escalator, Revolutionizing Urban Transit https://link.theoverheadwire.com/twnv8 Parametric Architecture

2026-04-07 01:02:45 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 2 -The Floridian beach town that looks like Santorini https://link.theoverheadwire.com/th6ud BBC Travel

2026-04-07 01:01:45 GMT

Monday's Most Read # 3 - The bottom rung is missing from America's housing ladder. The ROOM Act can replace it. https://link.theoverheadwire.com/qgj4t Niskanen Center

2026-04-02 19:05:25 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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

2026-04-02 00:16:49 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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hope u enjoyed them both!

2026-03-26 21:10:05 GMT

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 GMT

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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 GMT

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Ohh I'll look into it.

2026-03-26 16:09:50 GMT

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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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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

2026-03-23 21:52:36 GMT

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

2026-03-23 21:50:22 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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

2026-03-09 22:44:08 GMT

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

2026-03-09 22:43:16 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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 GMT

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