Episode 166: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - More Trains, Less Kings

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo!  But don't worry, we cover a lot of ground including congestion pricing's sparing match with a wannabe King, Canada's high speed rail plans, microplastics, and a big bike experiment in Denver.

For more links to items discussed on the show, see below:

USDOT wants end to congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

Seattle social housing gets yes vote - Cascade PBS

Canada plans HSR - CBC News

Woodlands eco-burb - Planetizen

Denver bike experiment - Denverite

Microplastics - Washington Post

Vehicle plastics found in Alps - Guardian

100 fewer killed with 20mph speed limits - BBC

Right on red danger for peds - Smart Cities Dive

Capital Gains slowing housing? - Fortune

Miami's trash nightmare - Washington Post

 

BONUS ITEMS

Caltrain More Efficient - Metro Magazine

Black residents pay price for climate change - Time Magazine

Languages lost to climate change - NOEMA

Brake dust more harmful  now - Yale e360

EVs generally produce less non-exhaust emissions - Virginia Tech

(Thanks Nick for that one!)

Autonomous cars don't understand blind - University of Maryland

Safe planning for women - NZZ

Better barriers needed - Traffic Technology International

Atlanta's housing plans - Guardian

Rail accuses trucking of road subsidies - Roll Call

Cambridge ends single family zoning - Harvard Crimson

Senators wants $1K EV tax - Reuters

Cairo's garbage city the envy of world - African Arguments

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