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Jeff Wood is the host of the Talking Headways podcast and the publisher of The Overhead Wire daily newsletter. http://theoverheadwire.com Sign up for our 19 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trial
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · Nov 14
Hey everyone! For those who might not be familiar with our work, The Overhead Wire is a daily newsletter that's been sending since 2006. We go through about 1,500 news items on cities each day and pull out the most interesting ones and tag them by topic and city for our link archive. (1/x)
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 9h
They are putting them on the sides of mountains and everywhere in between. It’s a wild scene from the train.
From a high speed train you can see Solar panels on a mountain in the distance
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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 23h
Great to see that Caltrain will now be paid for clean power returned to the grid from regenerative braking, thanks to a good bill by Asm Papan.
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Caltrain to be Paid for Clean Power Returned to the Grid | Caltrain
Caltrain will now be compensated for the power its new electric trains return to the grid through regenerative braking, thanks to policy changes by its clean energy partners Peninsula Clean Energy (PC...
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 20h
In the 70s, engineers warned that merging 5 unprotected streetcars into a single subway was a bad idea. So glad today's Muni team has plan to rationalize SF's main subway and prepare for ridership growth storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8c45...
Muni Metro Capacity Study
Draft recommendations
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 12h
New Talking Headways podcast! We chat with Ben Donsky about the creation of an under highway park in Birmingham Alabama. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/t... @usa.streetsblog.org
Talking Headways Podcast: Under a Highway in Birmingham Alabama — Streetsblog USA
Ben Donsky on City Walk BHAM in Birmingham, Alabama, a public space project that connects two sides of the city separated by a highway.
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Centre for Public Impact (CPI) @cpi-foundation.bsky.social · 1d
🎙️Season 4 of 'Reimagining Government' is here: open.spotify.com/episode/7yah...

Ep 1 – From heatwaves to city hall: Eleni Myrivili on climate-resilient cities 🌆🔥

UN HABITAT’s first Chief Heat Officer shares how extreme heat exposes inequality—and why justice & care must guide #ClimateAction.
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Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP @mrc-slc.bsky.social · 1d
Talking Headways Podcast: Under a Highway in Birmingham Alabama - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com
Talking Headways Podcast: Under a Highway in Birmingham Alabama — Streetsblog USA
Ben Donsky on City Walk BHAM in Birmingham, Alabama, a public space project that connects two sides of the city separated by a highway.
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 2d
🚛 The Netherlands is seeing a major shift in urban freight thanks to zero-emission zones for freight in 18 of its cities.

By early 2025, 78% of new vans were electric -- compared to just 9% across the EU.

📑 New @cleancitiescampaign.org briefing: bit.ly/431I7al
Clean Cities Campaign graph with the title: Dutch municipalities with zero-emission zones for freight have a higher share of electric vans.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 1d
I’ve come across more than a few books and articles recently where I had to be like “all the bad seems to have got going in the “late70s/early 80s”
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 1d
Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - An urbanist’s guide to Houston: Removing signal priority from the Red Line is a mistake link.theoverheadwire.com/3wx9c Rice Thresher
An urbanist’s guide to Houston: Removing signal priority from the Red Line is a mistake
The city of Houston just made a change that could cause delays to ripple across the city’s entire transportation network.
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Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Raleigh awards a $65 million contract for its first bus rapid transit line link.theoverheadwire.com/fy4aw News and Observer
Raleigh awards a $65 million contract for its first bus rapid transit line
The City Council approved the second and largest of three contracts to build BRT along New Bern Avenue between downtown and New Hope Road.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 1d
Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Creating accessible destinations and reforms that support disabled populations in Toulouse link.theoverheadwire.com/9yapw Eurocities
Toulouse: Breaking barriers and opening doors for all - Eurocities
“We’re one of the few cities in Europe offering audio description for all major sports (football, rugby, handball, basketball). Not just for blind people, but for anyone who wants a better understandi...
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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 1d
Print this and frame it on the wall with the title, "Why North American Transit Construction Costs are So High"
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d
I just can't get over the differences in scale between Ballard Link's Westlake Station as proposed and the original Westlake Station, off to the left.
Ballard Link's Westlake has two separate entrances underneath separate buildings, with one showing a long tunnel to get to the train guideway. They are at least five stories deeper than the original Westlake, which is tiny and only around 10-15% of the size
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 2d
Free shipping from @bookshop.org continues today. Plus they have Life After Cars for about $2 off, so preorder your copy!
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3d
Ooh... free shipping at @bookshop.org today and tomorrow as part of their "anti-Prime sale."

Includes preorders, so get your copy of Life After Cars.

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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 2d
I wrote a bit about this as well - Transportation planning impacts sleep substack.com/home/post/p-...
Transportation Planning Impacts Sleep
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 2d
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Scientists Expose How Housing and Commutes Steal Sleep link.theoverheadwire.com/qfthj
Scientists Expose How Housing and Commutes Steal Sleep
City living’s hidden cost: long commutes and small homes are quietly stealing your sleep.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 2d
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News link.theoverheadwire.com/kv4n9 @highcountrynews.org
The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News
A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 2d
Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Kwik Trip Eliminates the Penny link.theoverheadwire.com/kh8me @urbanmilwaukee.com
Kwik Trip Eliminates the Penny
Stores will start rounding cash transactions down to the nearest five cents.
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 2d
I saw my first Mercedes Econic garbage truck in Newcastle the other day and was so excited! This is the kind of vehicle we should be demanding in Canada to stop the killing of pedestrians and cyclists. Canada has hewed to the USA safety standards, but now is the time to go our own way.
Canada should make side guards on trucks mandatory; the usual excuse no longer works
Now that we are plotting an independent course from the USA, it’s time to develop our own safety strategies and standards.
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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d
Just when I thought I’d gotten a real understanding of the ingredients of good urbanism, @theoverheadwire.com interviews Mary Pat McGuire about the literal ground our cities are placed upon.

Grey spaces vs green spaces, such a novel thought to me. Highly recommend a listen!
Episode 353: Depave Cities
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 3d
Book report: To address climate change and traffic violence, we desperately need more everyday citizens to work together for positive change. @carterlavin.bsky.social's book is the perfect how-to guide for anyone to translate their rage or hope into strategic action. Highly recommended
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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 7d
Sabbatical pleasure #27: Reading.
Sabbatical pleasure #28: When new books by @benschneider.bsky.social and @carterlavin.bsky.social arrive on the same day! @islandpress.bsky.social
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 3d
Monday's Most Read # 1 - We need to talk about ‘missing massive’ housing link.theoverheadwire.com/8rj7k The Urban Condition
We need to talk about ‘missing massive’ housing
In most neighborhoods, missing middle housing will do the trick. But right on top of subway stations, missing massive is a worthy goal.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 3d
Monday's Most Read # 2 - Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city (Santiago Chile) cut dangerous levels of air pollution link.theoverheadwire.com/cjyg8 @theguardian.com
Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution
A 30-year effort driven by long-term policies is finally paying off in Santiago in Chile – but the challenge is far from over
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Monday's Most Read # 3 - The Homeless We Don’t See link.theoverheadwire.com/q6mt4 New York Review of Books
The Homeless We Don’t See | Jay Neugeboren
As housing costs have risen and affordable housing remains in short supply, even Americans with full-time job are experiencing homelessness.
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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 4d
Polling found that a majority of voters in Kansas City said they would support a 10-year, half-cent sales tax to fund bus service in their respective counties. www.kcur.org/housing-deve... (via @theoverheadwire.com)
Voters across the Kansas City metro support a sales tax for better bus service, new poll finds
A new poll from the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance found that voters in four counties across the metro would support a regional sales tax dedicated to bus service, even as soon as next year.
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Jess Zimbabwe @jzimbabwe.bsky.social · 5d
The inspirational bit at the end is good, but I’m also glad to know that Jane Goodall had a burn list.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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