Jeff Wood is the host of the Talking Headways podcast and the publisher of The Overhead Wire daily newsletter. http://theoverheadwire.com Sign up for our 20 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mu3kcidc3k25 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3kcidc3k25https://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mu3q6gi5cc25What would the development activity look like in a city if you measured it from a satellite every three days? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3q6gi5cc25https://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mu3kcidc3k25 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3kcidc3k25https://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mu3k7m2xi225New #TalkingHeadways podcast! This week Karen Seto and Zhe Zhu join the show to talk about their work creating the Urban Pulse, a platform that uses time series analysis of satellite imagery to measure urbanization of cities over time. link.theoverheadwire.com/9aw8m @usa.streetsblog.org https://link.theoverheadwire.com/9aw8m27 Aug 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3k7m2xi225https://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3msz4atafus24Hope folks get a chance to listen to this one! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3msz4atafus24https://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzm6pw3gs2nI took classes on medieval medicine and warfare from the 16th to the 19th century. I regret nothing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzm6pw3gs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzgmwkce22nWednesday's Most Read # 1 - Why Multimodal Reform Falters in Car-Centric Cities: A Kuhnian Analysis of Lock-In, Incommensurability, and Recovery link.theoverheadwire.com/mcg6x World Transportation Policy and Practice https://link.theoverheadwire.com/mcg6x26 Aug 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgmwkce22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzgl5dkek2nWednesday's Most Read # 2 - For The Country To Be The Country, The City Must Be The City link.theoverheadwire.com/enbm7 The Deleted Scenes @ad-mastro.bsky.social https://link.theoverheadwire.com/enbm726 Aug 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgl5dkek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzgjejeq22nWednesday's Most Read # 3 - Retail as a Public Good? link.theoverheadwire.com/kh9fr Philadelphia Citizen via New Urban Order https://link.theoverheadwire.com/kh9fr26 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgjejeq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzbhepc622a"You can’t complain about the price of housing if you refuse to move hundreds of miles away to a city I just learned about for the purposes of this bad-faith argument." [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzbhepc622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtzbfzurps2aWhy Aren’t People Moving to This Town with Cheap Housing and Literally Nothing Else link.theoverheadwire.com/naxw6 @mcsweeneys.net https://link.theoverheadwire.com/naxw626 Aug 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzbfzurps2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtwww5mdrs2tTuesday's Most Read # 1 - Without changing our retail model, we’re never going to get walkable cities/neighborhoods link.theoverheadwire.com/rmf3y Love of Place @schmangee.bsky.social https://link.theoverheadwire.com/rmf3y25 Aug 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwww5mdrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtwwu2uoxk2tTuesday's Most Read # 2 - A Subway, or 15+ Transformative Infrastructure Projects and A Subway? link.theoverheadwire.com/ahmkj The Transit Brief @rmtransit.bsky.social https://link.theoverheadwire.com/ahmkj25 Aug 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwwu2uoxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtwwrpmras2tTuesday's Most Read # 3 - Cities Need Their Own Municipal Wealth Funds link.theoverheadwire.com/nxdqk Urban Proxima @jfong.bsky.social https://link.theoverheadwire.com/nxdqk25 Aug 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwwrpmras2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtwf6lgilk2tWe need a bus wrap advertisement that says "This bus holds 50 people, your car averages just 1." [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwf6lgilk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtuw5cqm622bSweet sweet bus speeds [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuw5cqm622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoverheadwire.com/post/3mtuf53zmc227Monday's Most Read # 1 - The triumph and tragedy of light rail in Charlotte link.theoverheadwire.com/pdv4n Planetizen https://link.theoverheadwire.com/pdv4n24 Aug 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:cdebst7hm3tki5622oshc5up/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuf53zmc227