Episode 190: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – Aging Out of the Car
April 27, 2026
This week we’re Han Solo, but have a lot of great news items to share including SRO legislation, Japan’s rail expertise, the idea of onboarding residents to a city, and the quiet that came from the solar eclipse.
Below are the show notes including links to the articles that we discussed.
MAIN ITEMS
SRO legislation – Niskanen Center
Older drivers – Carbon Upfront!
Japan’s railways – Works in Progress
The warehouse in plain sight – Places Journal
Onboarding residents – National League of Cities
Free range parenting – The Dispatch
Total eclipse silence – ScienceDaily
Sacramento parking legend – Sacramento Bee
Way-mo cars on the road – Streetsblog NYC
BONUS ITEMS
Boom and bust built into the system – Kings College
Mamdani curb management – Streetsblog NYC
Credit card charges going up for Clipper – SFGate
Federal home loan bank system reform – New York Times
Local government staffing shortages – Smart Cities Dive
City owned grocery – 6sqft
Automated speed enforcement – Global News
Robotaxi polls – The Verge
Water conservation overshadowed by drought – The Conversation
Finland opens longest active transportation bridge – New Atlas
Gas prices and housing supply – Newsweek
Amazon’s algorithm makes prices go up – Washington Monthly
Wildlife connections through land use – bioGraphic
Asphalt’s health impacts – Arizona State University
