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Mondays at The Overhead Wire 162: A Lego Tram?

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo, but that doesn’t stop us from sharing upcoming episodes of Talking Headways and news from the last month or so.  We chat about greening concrete, a car free Congress Avenue, Hamburg’s green space compact, and rainways in Vancouver BC.

Links from the Show below the fold!

Reimagining Congress Ave – KUT

Greening Concrete – Yale e360

Greening Asphalt and Concrete – TOW on Substack

Hamburg green contract – Guardian

Roads Taken – Baker Institute

Rainway vs atmospheric river – The Tyee

Philly self storage – Philadelphia Inquirer

Preventing street takeovers – Jalopnik

Daylighing intersections in SF – SF Standard

Failures of urban governance – Vital City

Mexico all in on housing – Newsweek

Alabama zombie highway – Inside Climate News

Spokane comfort network – Range Media

State DOTs hiding emissions – Streetsblog USA

Toronto bike lanes – Guardian

Housing instability – Decibel

TfL seizes cars – Guardian

Deteriorating housing – NPR

Bus depot energy hubs – Press Wire

100K bike ride – Guardian

Relaunching congestion pricing – Gothamist

Insurance climate change – Louisiana Illuminator

SEPTA transfer funding – Philadelphia Inquirer

Caltrain ridership high – Mass Transit Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

A Lego Tram – Associated Press

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