diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
index 13f0529..ece572f 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ L.Icon.Default.mergeOptions({
 });
 
 // ── Basemap tiles ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Default is CARTO's keyless dark raster basemap — no token, fits the dark UI.
-// Overridable via NEXT_PUBLIC_MAP_TILE_URL so a keyed style (a CARTO account
-// style, MapTiler, Mapbox, …) can be dropped in for prod without a code change.
-// Whatever is supplied must use Leaflet's {s}/{z}/{x}/{y}{r} placeholder scheme.
+// Prod sets NEXT_PUBLIC_MAP_TILE_URL to a keyed style (a CARTO account style,
+// MapTiler, Mapbox, …). The in-code fallback is plain OpenStreetMap so the map
+// still renders if that var is missing — CARTO's keyless CDN has proven flaky.
+// Whatever is supplied must use Leaflet's {s}/{z}/{x}/{y}{r} placeholder scheme;
+// the {z}/{x}/{y} tokens below are substituted by Leaflet at runtime.
 const MAP_TILE_URL =
   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MAP_TILE_URL ||
-  "https://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/dark_all/{z}/{x}/{y}{r}.png";
-const MAP_TILE_ATTRIBUTION =
-  '&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors &copy; <a href="https://carto.com/">CARTO</a>';
+  "https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png";
+const MAP_TILE_ATTRIBUTION = "&copy; OpenStreetMap contributors";
 
 // ── Colour ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Severity is the only hue on this map — see UI_REDESIGN.md §2.3. Incident
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
   const [drawerOpen, setDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
   const [agoClock, setAgoClock] = useState(0);
   const [radarEpoch, setRadarEpoch] = useState(() => Date.now());
-  const [clockStr, setClockStr] = useState(() =>
-    new Date().toLocaleTimeString([], { hour12: false, hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit", second: "2-digit" })
-  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const id = setInterval(() => setAgoClock((t: number) => t + 1), 10_000);
@@ -474,15 +471,6 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
     return () => clearInterval(id);
   }, []);
 
-  // Live clock for TOC situational awareness
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const id = setInterval(() =>
-      setClockStr(new Date().toLocaleTimeString([], { hour12: false, hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit", second: "2-digit" })),
-      1000
-    );
-    return () => clearInterval(id);
-  }, []);
-
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   const ago = useMemo(() => (lastUpdated ? timeAgo(lastUpdated) : null), [lastUpdated, agoClock]);
 
@@ -623,13 +611,8 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
         )}
       </div>
 
-      {/* ── Clock — bottom-left for TOC situational awareness ───────────────── */}
-      <div className="absolute bottom-8 left-3 z-[1001] bg-surface/90 border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2 pointer-events-none">
-        <span className="text-ink text-sm font-mono tabular-nums">{clockStr}</span>
-      </div>
-
       {/* ── Legend — shape-first, both themes. Never a bare colour swatch. ──── */}
-      <div className="absolute bottom-8 right-3 z-[1001] bg-surface/90 border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2.5 text-xs pointer-events-none space-y-2">
+      <div className="absolute bottom-8 right-3 z-[1001] bg-surface/90 border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2.5 text-xs pointer-events-none space-y-2 max-h-[calc(100%-4rem)] overflow-y-auto">
         <div className="space-y-1">
           <p className="text-ink-muted font-medium text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide">Severity</p>
           {(["major", "moderate", "minor", "routine"] as Severity[]).map((sev) => (
@@ -673,15 +656,19 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
       {/* ── Incident overlay panel ───────────────────────────────────────────── */}
       {incidents.length > 0 && (
         <>
-          {/* Desktop: left sidebar — starts below zoom controls + fit-all button */}
-          <div className="absolute top-[8rem] left-3 bottom-[4.5rem] z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 gap-1.5">
+          {/* Desktop: left sidebar — offset below the zoom stack + fit-all button
+              so it never overlaps the Leaflet +/- controls (#118). Height is
+              capped and the list scrolls on its own, so the rail never reaches
+              the bottom-right legend. pointer-events are off on the wrapper and
+              back on for the cards, so the map still pans in the gaps. */}
+          <div className="absolute top-[9.5rem] left-3 z-[1001] hidden md:flex flex-col w-56 gap-1.5 max-h-[calc(100%-12rem)] pointer-events-none">
             {/* Gate A / A2 (server-26#46) — the rail's titles, locations and
                 unit counts are pipeline output. Pinned above the scroll area
                 so it cannot be scrolled off the screen it qualifies. */}
-            <div className="bg-surface/90 backdrop-blur-sm border border-line rounded-lg px-2 py-1.5 shrink-0">
+            <div className="bg-surface/90 backdrop-blur-sm border border-line rounded-lg px-2 py-1.5 shrink-0 pointer-events-auto">
               <MachineOutputNotice variant="inline" className="text-[10px] leading-snug items-start" />
             </div>
-            <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto">
+            <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto min-h-0 pointer-events-auto">
             {incidents.map((inc) => {
               const color = severityColor(inc.severity);
               const age = inc.started_at ? timeAgo(new Date(inc.started_at)) : null;