We're Han Solo this week but have a lot to share from the end of December and the start of 2025. As we get back into the new year we cover new ways to think about housing construction, transit expansion from Yonah Freemark, and worries about the brightness of headlights.

Check out the show notes below.

Transit Openings 2025 - Transport Politic

Radical construction rethink - Common Edge

Property tax rethink - Slate

Intergenerational living arrangement - Maclean's Canada

Forever chemicals in drinking water - New York Times

Why it's hard to stop driving - Slate

Headlights getting brighter - The Ringer

The great abandonment - The Guardian

Hidden cause of Food Deserts - The Atlantic

Bonus Items

Virtual power purchase agreements - Smart Cities Dive

Car dependence and life satisfaction - Travel Behavior and Society

Illegal to stop in Philly bike lanes - Philadelphia Inquirer

Location key to walking more - Men's Health

DC tackled a child care crunch - NPR

Universal Pre-K - New York Magazine

Miami condos sinking - Miami Herald

AT&T to end landline service - Urban Milwaukee

MNDOT won't remove I-94 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Corn isn't a good solar panel - Need to Know

NACTO Launches urban bikeway guide - NACTO

Raleigh can't find BRT contractor - News and Observer

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Episode 163: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Welcome to 2025