This week we're Han Solo, but have a lot of great news items to share including SRO legislation, Japan's rail expertise, the idea of onboarding residents to a city, and the quiet that came from the solar eclipse.

Below are the show notes including links to the articles that we discussed.

MAIN ITEMS

SRO legislation - Niskanen Center

Older drivers - Carbon Upfront!

Japan's railways - Works in Progress

The warehouse in plain sight - Places Journal

Onboarding residents - National League of Cities

Free range parenting - The Dispatch

Total eclipse silence - ScienceDaily

Sacramento parking legend - Sacramento Bee

Way-mo cars on the road - Streetsblog NYC

BONUS ITEMS

Boom and bust built into the system - Kings College

Mamdani curb management - Streetsblog NYC

Credit card charges going up for Clipper - SFGate

Federal home loan bank system reform - New York Times

Local government staffing shortages - Smart Cities Dive

City owned grocery - 6sqft

Automated speed enforcement - Global News

Robotaxi polls - The Verge

Water conservation overshadowed by drought - The Conversation

Finland opens longest active transportation bridge - New Atlas

Gas prices and housing supply - Newsweek

Amazon's algorithm makes prices go up - Washington Monthly

Wildlife connections through land use - bioGraphic

Asphalt's health impacts - Arizona State University

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