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Mondays 129: The Redwood Tree

March 27, 2023
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This week on the show we’re Han Solo again but we have a lot of topics to cover! Do Americans have an apartment phobia, should bedrooms have windows, and what’s the newest trends in mapping sidewalks? All these and more on the show this week!

To check out the show notes including the links to all the articles we mention in the show.

THE NEWS

Apartment phobia – New York Magazine Intelligencer

Can’t afford to drive – Salon

Windowless bedrooms – The Nation

Empowering children with walking – The Conversation

SEPTA kills King of Prussia rail – Philadelphia Inquirer

Red states fight blue cities – FiveThirtyEight

Mapping city sidewalks – MIT News

Second life for car batteries – Reasons to be Cheerful

BONUS ITEMS

Design not cops – Rocky Mountain PBS

A better MaaS – ITS International

Inflation driven by housing – Marketplace

Turkey earthquake – New York Times

Housing prescribed by doctors – LA Times

Transport an patient care – Talking Headways

Jones Act causes traffic – The Atlantic

Kansas City eviction fix – KCUR

Catching fog in Lima Peru – National Geographic

Learning from informal settlement – UCLA News

Traffic noise, blood pressure increase – CNN

 

Puppies and Butterflies

Fajitas – Food Network

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