The Overhead Wire Daily | January 10th, 2023

Well that was quick, a bill that would have combined 27 Bay Area transit agencies has been pulled. It makes sense because there would need to be a more robust discussion of what that might look like before jumping in with both feet. There are labor issues, service area equity and other things to discuss.

Also, the libertarian leaning Mercatus Center has a report on the impacts of minimum lot size reform in Houston, finding that a 2013 lot size reform did not increase land values and in some instances may have reduced them. Related, in Washington State a bill that would allow lot splits was killed last year, but popped up in session again Monday, passing the WA House. California had legalized lot splits with SB9 which went into effect in 2022.

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