Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to: 1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies 2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.

Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.

Counter narrative fact of the day — we’re at year two of a nearly unprecedented drop in violent gun crime across major U.S. cities. Seems like a really important data point that should be noted in, say, more high-profile court cases these days www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...

"Wiener’s more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s third-­weirdest city" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Exactly! We can both address the immediate crisis by passing a transit funding measure next year AND plan for the future. We need to plan now to make the San Antonio BART station happen when transit capital funding starts flowing again. BART projects take a long time!

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

Talking Headways Podcast: How Can Transit Agencies Help Homeless Residents? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/13/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @theoverheadwire.com

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! Cortni Desir of the Connecticut Department of Transportation joins the show. link.theoverheadwire.com/q6pwe New bus stops, rider experience, and the importance of curiosity. @usa.streetsblog.org

The crosswalks memorializing the death of 9-year-old Nadir Gavarrete were removed today. But LADOT is replacing them with permanent safety improvements — and an interim roundabout that should have been installed a decade ago

This is a book you must read. I promise you will learn something new that will help get things done.

⚡📮Nice work @royal-mail.bsky.social, who have just announced the launch of a new fleet of over 100 micro electric vehicles, replacing 52 vans. Better for the climate and for deliveries. This is exactly the kind of move we need to see for cities free of diesel vans! #ElectrifyLondon

I am shooting my shot. I love writing op-eds. @teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you. Signed, A Black woman who writes for the public

Thank u Breda @sfmta.bsky.social

Hearing that ODOT Director Kris Strickler is stepping down effective Jan 2. (!!).

Only 1,700 people follow the next Mayor of Seattle on Bluesky. @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - The developing world needs more roads link.theoverheadwire.com/9rbvm Works in Progress

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit to meet mobility demands, TxDOT report says link.theoverheadwire.com/u6kpb KERA News

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Measuring perceived transfer inconvenience for multimodal commute trips combining bicycles and public transport link.theoverheadwire.com/9wmbd Travel Behavior and Society

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects. US transport spending increased by 30%, but: —Funding for non-highway projects flatlined —Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure

California Forever and Hong Kong's rail + property model - thinking about who should be capturing the value of building cities theoverheadwire.com/2025/11/cali...

Fun for all road tolling advocates! (And yes, I suspect that from a wildlife perspective this is probably not ideal.) www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... #dktrp

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IT GOT BETTER 📍Central MN

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Can a Waterfront Park Wake Up Downtown Seattle? link.theoverheadwire.com/tkgy7 Bloomberg CityLab

Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Density vs. Sprawl: The Land Use Fight Nobody Is Winning link.theoverheadwire.com/xwec8 Governing

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - How Affordable Housing Fared at the Ballot Box link.theoverheadwire.com/hxnf4 @nextcity.org

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

Prague's Metro Plan is released - one outlet say 150km of new tram lines are planned - iprpraha.cz/metropolitni... It's a cool map and interactive website. Can translate to English using Google.

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Just watched this, really interesting look at Hong Kong’s success at property development and transit expansion.

30 routes with ten minute headways is amazing. We should use that as the frequent standard instead of 15 really

Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year: —50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide —8-minute midday headways on rail lines —24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)

Talking Headways Podcast: Why Are We Going Backwards? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/06/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @theoverheadwire.com, @t4america.bsky.social, and @corrigansalerno.bsky.social

I talked about a couple of recent transit wins and give some thoughts on the NYC mayoral race and why I think it resonates for many. For the many, not the few - theoverheadwire.com/2025/11/for-...

New #TalkingHeadways podcast! @corrigansalerno.bsky.social of @t4america.bsky.social joins the show to talk about getting federal transportation policy right! link.theoverheadwire.com/u8gwm @usa.streetsblog.org

Why do builders put up giant McMansions, when zoning allows a fourplex? TLDR: A host of regulations make fourplexes lose money. I read the eye-opening report. Now I'm looking forward to the podcast.

This is a great piece on efforts to envision a truly transformational regional rail system for So Cal. Looks at all these publicly-owned tracks! We should have have 15 minute peak service running under overhead wires powered by 100% renewable energy.

Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!

After weeks of delays and rider complaints, Metro restored signal priority to the popular Red Line light rail route in downtown Houston. bit.ly/4qLjCIC

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Empire of Dirt link.theoverheadwire.com/w6yqt @slate.com @henrygrabar.bsky.social

Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - States Advance Single-Stairway Reforms to Expand Housing link.theoverheadwire.com/bftqu @pewresearch.org Pew Research

Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Noah Kazis Discusses the “Radical” Structure of the Fair Housing Act link.theoverheadwire.com/pfuak University of Michigan Law

Zohran wasn’t the only big winner yesterday. Housing has a great day at the ballot box. my latest for @dwell.bsky.social www.dwell.com/article/affo...

Is there anything that Caltrain did recently that might be instructive to other agencies? Something about wires?

In this week's UCLA Housing Voice we speak with John Zeanah, Chief of Development and Infrastructure for the City of Memphis, and Andre Jones, an urbanist developer in the city, about a host of smaller-but-important code barriers to building missing middle housing www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/11/05/1...

Zohran Mamdani's focus on public transportation - and on affordability in general - paid off in a big way. Lots of fascinating insights in this map (free link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Same rally. Same megaphone. ☺️

Charlotte's transport referendum has won. 1% sales tax increase is expected to generate $19 billion/20 years, funding: —Transit (40%): Red Line commuter rail, Silver Line light rail, Gold Line extension, Blue Line extension —Road projects (40%) —Bus improvements, creating frequent bus network (20%)

Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4oRiL7z

This is way closer than I’d like it to be but Charlotte appears set to unlock an absolutely massive infrastructure plan with the 1% sales tax increase with billions for public transit and roads up by just shy of 8k votes with almost all precincts in.