There was an interesting Talk of the Nation episode on NPR about a month ago that discusses how Women as consumers are becoming a greater f...

This is always a chicken and egg fight but I'm starting to believe that the residential density argument is a bit misstated in terms of ...

(Note from Pantograph: This is another guest post from my friend Ed. If you missed his first two posts, check back down the page for more o...

Over at my own blog, I've complained about the focus in the livable streets movement on environmental benefits to urbanism. It's no...

Hi everyone, Ed here. Mr. Trolleypole has kindly invited me to do some guest posting here at the Overhead Wire, so I'll be writing here ...

Whew, it's been a little while. Still reading lots of news and tweeting nightly. Wanted to cover these few news articles in greater th...

I posted a few weeks ago about an discussion on Real Time with Bill Maher where Chris Matthews was arguing with a "Amtrak does nothing...

Ok so two posts on this is a bit much but I wanted to compare the Charlotte and Utah vehicles side by side. These are for you Gordon. It l...

Ok. I guess I should come clean. In 2004 I held my breath and voted for the Capital Metro commuter rail line when I lived in Austin. Give...

This might be a little more gut reaction than normal but why in the heck would you get rid of trolley buses in Seattle? Honestly when ever...