Uber has been “operationally profitable” for ten quarters according to Andrew Miller. But how did they get there? By exploiting workers and extracting money from customers through algorithms that determine a willingness to pay. This came after functionally getting rid of competition to be the only game in most towns. This was also an exploitation

We’re back for a new year of Mondays at The Overhead Wire!  This week we’re chatting about faster transit, cable cars in the Paris region, congestion pricing and more! Below you’ll find links to the items we discuss during the show…

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re back at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference in Portland Oregon at the Mpact Innovators Poster Sessions. We talk with young professionals about the transportation implementation and policy work they’ve been doing in the field including designing new transportation hubs, rethinking parking, and improving bus service. You

Recently journalist and writer David Roberts, who hosts the podcast Volts, had on an interesting guest to talk about misinformation. The guest, Samuel Bagg, and David discussed how the lack of trust in information and truth producing institutions has led to more tribalism and social identity leading to beliefs rather than “truth”.  And because we

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Carter Lavin to discuss his new book If You Want to Win You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy. We discuss the mess and practice of politics, how we have more power than we think as advocates, and how we can get

In an unsealed lawsuit by the FTC that was dropped by the Trump Administration, evidence was revealed that PepsiCo has been conspiring with WalMart to keep the price of Pepsi’s soft drinks lower at the big box store for the last ten years. Stacy Mitchell of ILSR shared this on Bluesky. Why does this matter

This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we’re joined by Benjamin Schneider to talk about his book The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. Ben chats about the unfinishedness of cities, the larger origins of NIMBYism, and how much our economy and built environment cater to cars. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA. Find

According to a YouGov survey, Americans believe that housing isn’t affordable, but they disagree on why. More than any other reason, people believe mortgage rates or the costs of building materials are culprits. I know from renovating spaces recently that labor costs are one of the big reasons things, at least here in the Bay

This week we’re Han Solo but we’re sharing news about fire departments and their impacts on cities, how Boston and Denver are considering putting housing together with other public services like libraries and police stations, and a bill that would allow transit agencies to get projects environmentally certified in state. And much much more!!! Below

This week we’re joined by Tony Jordan, President of the Parking Reform Network at the Mpact Transit + Community conference in Portland. We talk about getting rid of our cars, the arbitrary requirements for parking around the country, and Donald Shoup’s legacy. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA. Or catch this and all other