The Overhead Wire Daily
The Overhead Wire by Jeff WoodThe Overhead Wire Daily is a newsletter focused on bringing people news about cities daily. This particular substack is a recreation of the basic version of my daily newsletter started in 2006. As the slow death of Twitter continues, I'm branching out...
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 180 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Episode 593: Carspreading
This week we’re joined by Sofia Navas and James Nix of the NGO Transport & Environment to talk about their recent report: Ever Bigger? Car Size at a Crossroads. We discuss the increasing size of vehicles and why they keep growing. The safet...
Episode 198: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Creating Systemic Change
This week we’re Han Solo, but that won’t stop us from sharing some interesting news including daylighting urban streams, why we shouldn’t put everything on transit, Barcelona’s e-bike subsidy, and Charlotte’s value created.
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Episode 592: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Joshua Schank to talk about his book New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies: Improving Policy Outcomes in the Public Sector. Joshua talks about the inner workings of LA Metro, benefits of...
Feedback Loops and Systemic Change
We don’t own a car but I drive a friend’s on occasion. It’s a personal decision that for me came down to many years ago giving SFMTA too much money for parking tickets on street sweeping days. Living in San Francisco I just didn’t use my ca...
Episode 591: The Urban Pulse
Listen to this episode first at Streetsblog USA
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Yale’s Karen Seto and University of Connecticut’s Zhe Zhu to talk about their study: The Urban Pulse. We talk about using frequent ti...
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Jeff Wood is the author of The Overhead Wire Daily and the host of the Talking Headways Podcast. He's a planner from the Bay Area.
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