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Last summer I visited Paris and walked the entire length of the Original Transit Route. Afterwards I visited the church where Pascal died and is interred, to place a .05¢ piece on his resting place.
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The French Father of Public Transport link.theoverheadwire.com/6fyqc France Today
The French Father of Public Transport
Meet the genius and inventor Blaise Pascal, the French father of public transport.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Last summer I visited Paris and walked the entire length of the Original Transit Route. Afterwards I visited the church where Pascal died and is interred, to place a .05¢ piece on his resting place.
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The French Father of Public Transport link.theoverheadwire.com/6fyqc France Today
The French Father of Public Transport
Meet the genius and inventor Blaise Pascal, the French father of public transport.
link.theoverheadwire.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - The French Father of Public Transport link.theoverheadwire.com/6fyqc France Today
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Atlanta leaders want transit expansion. Will suburban voters ever agree? @ajc.com link.theoverheadwire.com/6abqj
Atlanta leaders want transit expansion. Will suburban voters ever agree?
Mayor Andre Dickens says regional transit expansion is a second-term priority.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Atlanta leaders want transit expansion. Will suburban voters ever agree? @ajc.com link.theoverheadwire.com/6abqj
Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Video: Fixing North America’s Big Elevator Problem link.theoverheadwire.com/qwfv3 @andersem.bsky.social @sightline.org
Video: Fixing North America’s Big Elevator Problem | Sightline Institute
Our bans on smaller elevators block accessible homes, and our insistence on unique standards drives up prices.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Video: Fixing North America’s Big Elevator Problem link.theoverheadwire.com/qwfv3 @andersem.bsky.social @sightline.org
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NY Governor Hochul to Trump, in her state of the state address: "We will not bow to a wanna-be king, and the congestion pricing is staying on."
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
NY Governor Hochul to Trump, in her state of the state address: "We will not bow to a wanna-be king, and the congestion pricing is staying on."
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Tune into this #TalkingHeadways podcast episode for a throwback to the 2025 Mpact Innovators Poster Session! Huge thanks to Jeff Wood for featuring this #MpactPDX highlight on the pod.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Tune into this #TalkingHeadways podcast episode for a throwback to the 2025 Mpact Innovators Poster Session! Huge thanks to Jeff Wood for featuring this #MpactPDX highlight on the pod.
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BOOM
Governor Hochul will be advancing “Stop Super Speeders” through the budget - a major step forward for this common sense life-saving safety measure.
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Governor Hochul will be advancing “Stop Super Speeders” through the budget - a major step forward for this common sense life-saving safety measure.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
BOOM
Governor Hochul will be advancing “Stop Super Speeders” through the budget - a major step forward for this common sense life-saving safety measure.
empire.streetsblog.org/state-of-the-s…
Governor Hochul will be advancing “Stop Super Speeders” through the budget - a major step forward for this common sense life-saving safety measure.
empire.streetsblog.org/state-of-the-s…
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Hochul becoming a transit governor is one of the most startling face turns in US politics since Bill Kristol effectively joined DSA
Governor Hochul will announce an extension of the Second Avenue Subway to 125th and Broadway in her State of the State address on Tuesday. buff.ly/2qxRQs6
Westward Ho! Hochul Proposes to Extend Second Ave. Subway Along 125th Street to Broadway - Streetsblog New York City
The next step for the Second Avenue Subway is west across 125th Street to Broadway, Gov. Hochul will announce Tuesday.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Hochul becoming a transit governor is one of the most startling face turns in US politics since Bill Kristol effectively joined DSA
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Love this episode of Talking Headways. It not only answers the question of why American transit projects are so expensive, but ways we can solve it.
Definitely give this conversation between @theoverheadwire.com and Paul Lewis a listen!
Definitely give this conversation between @theoverheadwire.com and Paul Lewis a listen!
Episode 371: Transit Project Costs and Solutions
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January 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Love this episode of Talking Headways. It not only answers the question of why American transit projects are so expensive, but ways we can solve it.
Definitely give this conversation between @theoverheadwire.com and Paul Lewis a listen!
Definitely give this conversation between @theoverheadwire.com and Paul Lewis a listen!
Monday's Most Read # 1 - Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too link.theoverheadwire.com/gmay3 @usa.streetsblog.org @keawilson.bsky.social
Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually wo...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Monday's Most Read # 1 - Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too link.theoverheadwire.com/gmay3 @usa.streetsblog.org @keawilson.bsky.social
Monday's Most Read # 2 - Sprawling Downsview Abandoned Airport To Be Transformed Into $30BN City link.theoverheadwire.com/tbr63 @newsweek.com
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January 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Monday's Most Read # 2 - Sprawling Downsview Abandoned Airport To Be Transformed Into $30BN City link.theoverheadwire.com/tbr63 @newsweek.com
Monday's Most Read # 3 - LA Metro staff recommend transit project alternative including UCLA stop link.theoverheadwire.com/jvu7f Daily Bruin
LA Metro staff recommend transit project alternative including UCLA stop - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 9:47 p.m. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a station on UCLA’s cam...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Monday's Most Read # 3 - LA Metro staff recommend transit project alternative including UCLA stop link.theoverheadwire.com/jvu7f Daily Bruin
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Goddammit
SCOOP: @mbta.com Terminates Alewife Redevelopment Plan - "Current market conditions are not favorable to maximizing the property's value for transportation priorities," a T spokesperson says.
#CambMA
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#CambMA
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MBTA Terminates Alewife Redevelopment Plan - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"Current market conditions are not favorable to maximizing the property's value for transportation priorities," an MBTA spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS on Monday.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Goddammit
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“Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible:
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
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January 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
“Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible:
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
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Welcome to all! If you’re looking for people to follow, here are some great voices on transit, active transport, cities…
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January 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Welcome to all! If you’re looking for people to follow, here are some great voices on transit, active transport, cities…
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go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
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go.bsky.app/U4hN8P9
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Intersections with the red light cameras have reduced T-bone crashes by 65% and rear-end collisions by 49%.
NYC to quadruple intersections with red light cameras by end of year, officials say https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-quadruple-intersections-with-red-light-cameras-by-end-of-year-officials-say
NYC to quadruple intersections with red light cameras by end of year, officials say
Red light cameras are coming to hundreds more intersections across the city.
The expanded program is allowed thanks to a law passed by state lawmakers in 2024. [ more › ]
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January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Intersections with the red light cameras have reduced T-bone crashes by 65% and rear-end collisions by 49%.
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🚨 Save the date to save Bay Area transit: January 23rd!
This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
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This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
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Signature Gathering Kickoff for Connect Bay Area Transit · Luma
To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area, the regional transit funding measure enabled…
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January 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
🚨 Save the date to save Bay Area transit: January 23rd!
This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
This is our all hands on deck moment: we’re kicking off signature gathering for the regional measure with a day of action across all five counties on the 23rd.
luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
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Exploding Costs Could Doom One of America’s Greatest Highway Boondoggles - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/e... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @cityobservatory.bsky.social
Exploding Costs Could Doom One of America's Greatest Highway Boondoggles — Streetsblog USA
The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project and highway expansion between Oregon and Washington was already a boondoggle. Then the costs ballooned to $17.7 billion.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Exploding Costs Could Doom One of America’s Greatest Highway Boondoggles - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/e... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @cityobservatory.bsky.social
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Talking Headways Podcast: Poster Sessions at Mpact in Portland - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com
Talking Headways Podcast: Poster Sessions at Mpact in Portland — Streetsblog USA
Young professionals discuss the work they’ve been doing including designing new transportation hubs, rethinking parking and improving buses.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Talking Headways Podcast: Poster Sessions at Mpact in Portland - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com
New #TalkingHeadways podcast! This week we're @mpactmobility.bsky.social at the Mpact Innovators poster session talking with young professionals about their work. link.theoverheadwire.com/mr48v
Talking Headways Podcast: Poster Sessions at Mpact in Portland — Streetsblog USA
Young professionals discuss the work they’ve been doing including designing new transportation hubs, rethinking parking and improving buses.
link.theoverheadwire.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
New #TalkingHeadways podcast! This week we're @mpactmobility.bsky.social at the Mpact Innovators poster session talking with young professionals about their work. link.theoverheadwire.com/mr48v
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Have you heard the good news about congestion pricing?
NYC's congestion pricing has been running for a year now. How's it doing?
Kate Slevin joins me to break down the almost unqualified success of the controversial program's first year.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Have you heard the good news about congestion pricing?
New post - Social Identities for Active Transportation theoverheadwire.com/2026/01/soci... We think a little more about a recent conversation David Roberts @volts.wtf had with Samuel Bragg and how the congestion pricing fight fits into a changing information landscape of transportation organizing.
Social Identities for Active Transportation - The Overhead Wire
Recently journalist and writer David Roberts, who hosts the podcast Volts, had on an interesting guest to talk about misinformation. The guest, Samuel Bragg, and David discussed how the lack of trust ...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
New post - Social Identities for Active Transportation theoverheadwire.com/2026/01/soci... We think a little more about a recent conversation David Roberts @volts.wtf had with Samuel Bragg and how the congestion pricing fight fits into a changing information landscape of transportation organizing.
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The IBR will cost as much as $17.7 billion, more than double the previous max. cost of $7.5 billion, according to documents unearthed by City Observatory. cityobservatory.org/17-7-billion...
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
The IBR will cost as much as $17.7 billion, more than double the previous max. cost of $7.5 billion, according to documents unearthed by City Observatory. cityobservatory.org/17-7-billion...