Author: Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood is an urban planner focused on transportation and land use issues living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jeff's news archives can be found at The Overhead Wire and he tweets @theoverheadwire. You can also listen to his Talking Headways podcast episodes at Streetsblog USA

National Links: Bats in Texas

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Jeff Wood • October 30, 2026

Chicago transit, ride hailing, economic development subsidies, and more

U.S. Bank Stadium, Looking East from Portland Avenue

National Links: Entrepreneurial Cities

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Jeff Wood • October 22, 2026

Urban development in Utah, tradeable mobility, stadiums to housing, and more

National Links: Stress Relief is a Minecraft Neighborhood

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Jeff Wood • October 9, 2026

Apartment living, car dependency, and a new approach to public safety

National Links: Tenant Wealth Building Vehicles

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Jeff Wood • October 2, 2026

Congestion pricing, urban river restoration, and America’s housing problem

National Links: Reform is Hard in Auto Oriented Cities

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Jeff Wood • September 16, 2026

Charlotte’s light rail systems, dead malls, and municipal wealth funds

Photo by H. Jiahong Pan for the Minnesota Reformer

National Links: Revealing the Urban Streets

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Jeff Wood • September 9, 2026

Urban waterways, e-bike subsidies, and systemic change waves

Inside of Watt Cycleworks, an e-bike shop located in southeast Minneapolis. Photo: Sarah Friedman.

National Links: An Emerging West African Megaregion

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Jeff Wood • August 19, 2026

Overperforming downtowns, e-bikes, a $2B people mover at LAX, and urbanism polling well

The two massive parking lots between University Avenue and the Midway Target. Source: Cole Hanson

National Links: Solving the Problems of Parking Lots

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Jeff Wood • August 4, 2026

Parking lots, Bay Area transit, wildfire smoke, and more.

National Links: Long Term Choices

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Jeff Wood • July 1, 2026

Walkable neighborhoods, car ownership, and street safety

National Links: Bricks for Cooling

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Jeff Wood • June 18, 2026

Bus shelters, transit oriented development, and urban development without subsidies