Spending a minute in an elevator is not equivalent to a 60-minute car commute!

Here’s the really pernicious part of *be seen* pedestrian campaigns. This driver argued the person he hit was legally 100pc at fault cause he was wearing black. Gambit failed, but those campaigns create unrealistic expectations. h/t @davethompsonvic.bsky.social www.timescolonist.com/local-news/d...

This woman killed an entire family — mom, dad, and 2 kids. She will get no jail time, and will not lose her license. When you're a driver, you can kill with total impunity. www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said that they recorded about 3.4 million trips (Feb. 2- Feb. 8) on Muni during Super LX and events in the city. The weekdays averaged nearly 550,000 trips taken.

Talking Headways Podcast: Concrete Doesn’t Spend Money, People Do - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/12/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com

We just had Dr. Lawrence Frank on the podcast and we talked about how we completely underestimate health benefits and impacts in road projects. link.theoverheadwire.com/cqpen This will get litigated but we need a big pendulum swing the other direction to actually save people health and money.

Trump just rolled back regulations on planet-warming greenhouse gases. California can step in by moving aggressively to electrify its passenger and freight railways, and get cars and trucks off the road.

We just had Dr. Lawrence Frank on the podcast and we talked about how we completely underestimate health benefits and impacts in road projects. link.theoverheadwire.com/cqpen This will get litigated but we need a big pendulum swing the other direction to actually save people health and money.

Gah F these guys so hard - Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The Guardian headline goes hard and I wish all the papers said it straight

This is an Oregon House Rep asking a DMV employee (and DMV union rep) abt the impacts of funding crisis. She tells a story abt what some customers do when she sees them at the service counter. Really shows the disconnect w some folks & effectiveness of Republican "no taxes ever" messaging. #orleg

Here's my map of Downtown Oakland protected bikeways updated for Feb 2026 to the best of my knowledge, including finished projects, under construction, planned/funded, & remaining gaps w no proposal identified yet. Some progress since last year & lots more on the way! felt.com/map/Oakland-...

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - This Bill Would Give Your Community More Money To Build Its Own Transportation Future link.theoverheadwire.com/n3g4w @usa.streetsblog.org @keawilson.bsky.social

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet link.theoverheadwire.com/f4pre @404media.co

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - The Best Tactics for Tackling Speeders link.theoverheadwire.com/wd6gt Bloomberg CityLab @davidzipper.bsky.social

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I don’t know how many people join Bluesky each day, but my sense is that more & more people are discovering the outstanding community/conversation here (best on social media) about better cities. I still think STARTER PACKS are a superpower. I’ve made many, but here’s my first again. Please share.

Lafayette CA being Lafayette - they have a BART station but think they are semi-rural - "A majority of the feedback focused on preserving the city’s semi-rural character...Specifically, many addressed a desire to not look like Walnut Creek. lamorindaweekly.com/articles/202...

Ben Ogden of Vermont skied powerfully, finishing just behind Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway. It was the first Olympic medal for a U.S. men's cross-country skier since 1976. n.pr/3ZuVXQx

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - What's The Matter With Texas (And Florida)? link.theoverheadwire.com/f3aj4 Future of Where w Bill Fulton

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Startup unveils groundbreaking tech that could transform gas stations across US: 'We sell time' link.theoverheadwire.com/mtd3v The Cool Down

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Speck: Traffic Safety or Culture War? Trump’s Desire to ‘Own The Libs’ Undermines Safety link.theoverheadwire.com/7chxp @usa.streetsblog.org

Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...

have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

so red tag them. these facilities were not designed for habitation. they don't have adequate insulation, ventilation, sanitation. they don't have the same use. shut these inhumane warehouses down for the numerous code and public health violations

Oh wow, congress making moves to support single stair and point access blocks

Post a banger that isn't in English... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDdT...

Great poster for Star Wars by Mark Englert

"He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Why are construction costs exploding faster than inflation? Because use of consultants is skyrocketing, even though in-house staff save 6x their cost. But CA High Speed Rail bucks the trend, with staff/consultant ratios flipped since a 2018 audit called out understaffing. #JustTransitionForCaltrans

Bus only scarves are back! We were briefly sold out but just got another order. Find them here theoverheadwire.com/2025/02/new-...

Monday's Most Read # 1 - I’m walking here! A new model maps foot traffic in New York City link.theoverheadwire.com/pk4dc MIT News

Monday's Most Read # 2 - Some Waymos Get Assistance From Remote Workers in the Philippines When They’re Stuck link.theoverheadwire.com/yc7ge @sfist.bsky.social

Monday's Most Read # 3 - The High Cost of Throwing Things Away link.theoverheadwire.com/7qamp Ethos

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area. Our three big new cases: - NJT - SEPTA - METRA

dang kids & their e-bikes...

It's been such a very long time. Welcome back, Castro Theater. The neighborhood is hopping tonight

Exciting to see tracks being laid in the Central Valley. We all want high speed rail sooner, but I try not to get too jaded and remember how amazing it will be when it's online. I mean, are we really going to still be tooting around on Southwest flights in 2050?

Major news in NYC: NY secretary of state won a court order blocking the Trump admin from freezing funds for the new Hudson tunnel, the Gateway project.

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! We chat with Scot Danforth about his book An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights. We chat about Ed's life and the origins of the disability rights movement. There's also some curb cuts. link.theoverheadwire.com/nfv4t @usa.streetsblog.org

Opening ceremonies are making Mrs. Volts cry, and she can't quite explain why. I honestly just think that, these days, in the US, any glimpse of decency or beauty or love or wonder in public life is like an oasis in the f'ing desert. A reminder that humans can be good & creative & cooperative.

TRANSIT IN THE OPENING CEREMONY SIREN

Why yes we are delivering the Olympic flame via streetcar in Milan

Olympics opening ceremonies are honestly some of the most bonkers things that humans do together. Just bonkers. I love it.

Really liked this book and chatting with Scot. I hope more folks dive in on this important history

Talking Headways Podcast: Ed Roberts, Curb Cuts and the Origins of the Disability Movement - usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/05/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! We chat with Scot Danforth about his book An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights. We chat about Ed's life and the origins of the disability rights movement. There's also some curb cuts. link.theoverheadwire.com/nfv4t @usa.streetsblog.org

Super interesting piece in Urban Omnibus about Amazon's logistics system in NYC. Using package labels, Benjamin Fong was able to tease out some of the ways the company creates a web to dominate e-commerce - link.theoverheadwire.com/gvun7

Housing construction is finally starting at West Oakland BART!!!