Category: Links

A dashboard view of I-94, with a Waymo vehicle in the next lane.

National Links: A Parking Enforcement Legend

Waymo, a parking enforcement legend, and city vibrations

Looking upward at a long set of three escalators in an underground metro station.

National Links: Why Japan Railways Rock

World’s longest urban escalator, Japanese railways, and the missing rung of housing

Looking east into the 29th Street corridor with two railroad tracks curing into the "tunnel" of bridges.

National Links: Chrono-Urbanism

Lack of vision-accessible transportation infrastructure, US rail lines not keeping up, articulated buses, and urban housing politics.

National Links: Greener Machines

FRA proposes splitting up Amtrak, Zurich green roof mandate, and truck pollution has health impacts in Australia

Rendering of a new building in Northeast Minneapolis that will provide affordable housing.

National Links: A Demographic Time Bomb

Every day, The Overhead Wire collects national and international news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they post some of the most popular stories to Greater Greater Washington, a group blog similar to Streets.mn that focuses on urban issues in the D.C. region. Switching to red lights: A […]

National Links: The First Transit Route

Cambridge research proves bike lanes work, Pascal’s transit history warns against classism, and Toronto’s airport becomes an urban node. Plus: costly elevators and LA’s care-based safety.