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Episode 166: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - More Trains, Less Kings
02/25/2025
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 - Seattle social housing gets yes vote - Canada plans HSR - Woodlands eco-burb - Denver bike experiment - Microplastics - Vehicle plastics found in Alps - 100 fewer killed with 20mph speed limits - Right on red danger for peds - Capital Gains slowing housing? - Miami's trash nightmare - BONUS ITEMS Caltrain More Efficient - Black residents pay price for climate change - Languages lost to climate change - Brake dust more harmful now - EVs generally produce less non-exhaust emissions - (Thanks Nick for that one!) Autonomous cars don't understand blind - Safe planning for women - Better barriers needed - Atlanta's housing plans - Rail accuses trucking of road subsidies - Cambridge ends single family zoning - Senators wants $1K EV tax - Cairo's garbage city the envy of world - +++ Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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