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.

We’ve been thinking a lot lately about Marchetti’s constant, the idea that people will spend an hour commuting each day, or half an hour each way and adjust lives accordingly based on transportation technologies and housing location choices. Two research papers posted today feed into that with interesting results. Using data from the Canadian Mobility

This week on the Talking Headways Podcast we’re joined by Tom Flood, Grant Ennis, and Brent Toderian to discuss their new communications project, The Urban Truth Collective. We discuss pushing back on falsehoods and conspiracies through positive messaging around cities. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA. Find all our past episodes here. Below is

I love this superhero introduction story to a parking enforcement officer. Grant Nakamura may not be motorists favorite officer, but his valor in the theater of public rights of way as portrayed by Sacramento Bee writer Ariane Lange is now the stuff of legend. A true Shoupista whether he knows it or not. Of course

This week on The Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Calvin Thigpen of Toole Design and Ysabel Hoogeveen of Upway to discuss a report entitled Refurbished E-bikes: An Affordable Transportation Solution for Cities and Consumers. We chat about costs for used e-bikes and what could help grow the industry. You can listen to this episode

I pointed out on social media a few days ago that we don’t talk enough about the very real issue of time poverty in response to a ridiculous article that stated AI would give people too much “free” time and leisure. The article was ridiculed enough so I won’t share it here, but it’s clear

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo, but got some great and interesting news for everyone. We look at a model base for disabled Olympians in Milan, the economic security of American households, and how reverse game theory can create win win situations in cities.  All the items we covered are

Serving as a sighted guide in India helped a writer discover new layers of experience, and a deeper way of visualizing the world. Traveleyes runs on a simple but radical model: It pairs blind and sighted travelers as equal companions.

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined once again by Laurel Paget-Seekins of Public Advocates. Laurel discusses transit agency power dynamics, loss of public sector capacity, and how the administration is looking to gut civil rights enforcement mechanisms for transportation projects. Links to Laurel’s website Laurel in Transit and the Transit Data Primer

I often write things here to work through ideas I have or connections I’m trying to make. Lately I’ve been thinking about the evolution of cities and how much historical development rhymes with current growth and conditions. And can we use our understanding of rhyming history to come up with solutions to big problems such