Episode 40 – Don’t Just Focus on the Bears

October 21, 2019

This week we’re joined by Laramie Bowron to talk about transit only lanes, parking levys, and housing oligopolies.

News

Gov Newsom vetoes complete streets bill – Cal Bike

A new transit caucus – WBEZ

Oligopolies hold back affordable housing – Washington Post

Odds and Ends

Cars banned from Market Street – Curbed SF

The Glascow effect – Guardian

Story of the Week

Every bus needs a lane – Curbed

Nottingham’s parking levy – Forbes

Bonus Reads –

Auto Emissions Mapped

Congestion Pricing Parking

Puppies and Butterflies

Ancient Khmer city found using lidar – Newsweek

For those possibly wondering why we skipped Episode 39, the reason is that we actually recorded an episode but my computer ate it. So I’m going to preserve its memory with blank space.


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