National Links: Why Neighborhood Watering Holes Matter
Bars and coffee shops are important “third spaces” that cultivate culture and give folks a place to relax. But are they under threat?
Author: Jeff Wood
National Links: A Climate Reckoning With Insurance
This week: online engagement inflation, an autism-friendly city in Arizona and insurance agencies’ profit-driven climate change response.
National Links: Better than Belgian Waffles
Transportation news from Brussels to the Bay, deferred maintenance nightmares, and the coastal cities we’ve left.
National Links: McMansions and National Randomization
The stubborn persistence of the McMansion, randomized tax pods for equity, New York City congestion pricing and more in this week’s National Links.
National Links: Mini-Trucks from Japan
This week: Japanese mini-trucks find a foothold in the States, the decline of park-and-rides and why we need more family-sized apartments.
National Links: Sitting on the Porch
The Overhead Wire’s weekly compilation of national and global news: transportation and medicine, the power of porches and a drop in interactions within cities.
National Links: The Money Mustache Says No Cars
The fate of bike share systems run by Lyft, a car-free development in Tempe, ADUs for aging adults and more in National Links.
National Links: Doughnuts and Free Speech
Doughnut art sparks a zoning dispute, the relationship between city blocks and their buildings, the false economy of car-centric development and more in National Links.
National Links: We Have a Bad Parking Addiction
Housing construction on commercial strips, resistance to Paris’ new low-emission zone, the ill effects of our parking addiction and more in this week’s National Links.
National Links: A New Way to Budget for the People
How to draw riders back to transit post-pandemic, the economic effects of losing bus service, parking lots eating downtowns and more in this week’s National Links.