Mondays 150: Housekeeping After a Drought
April 15, 2024
Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We’re going over some of the news we didn’t get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA’s spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there’s more but listen in to hear everything we share.
Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show:
Los Angeles Spongy City – Wired Magazine
Local governments new plans for public housing – Vox
Toronto streetcar speeds up – Blog TO
Smaller houses for smaller prices – New York Times
Zoning for transportation funds – FAS
Canadian feds will stop investing in roads – CBC News
Cell phone distracted drivers – Vox
Rent killing sex? – Discourse Lounge
Mexico City water shortage – CNN
Retail attraction strategies – Time
Deadliest Intersections – Stacker
Reviewing smooth cities – The Nation
Transport equity tool – Streetsblog CA
Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs – Guardian | Guardian
Climate boomtowns – The Atlantic
Profit sharing for cities – Governing
The Great Asynchonization – Transportist
Death of the small car – Autopian
Fire department policy – Thesis Driven
AI Generated visuals – MIT News
Houston Mayor – Texas Monthly
Building deconstruction – Smart Cities Dive
