Mondays 166 – More Trains, Less Kings
February 24, 2025
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 – Streetsblog NYC
Seattle social housing gets yes vote – Cascade PBS
Canada plans HSR – CBC News
Woodlands eco-burb – Planetizen
Denver bike experiment – Denverite
Microplastics – Washington Post
Vehicle plastics found in Alps – Guardian
100 fewer killed with 20mph speed limits – BBC
Right on red danger for peds – Smart Cities Dive
Capital Gains slowing housing? – Fortune
Miami’s trash nightmare – Washington Post
BONUS ITEMS
Caltrain More Efficient – Metro Magazine
Black residents pay price for climate change – Time Magazine
Languages lost to climate change – NOEMA
Brake dust more harmful now – Yale e360
EVs generally produce less non-exhaust emissions – Virginia Tech
(Thanks Nick for that one!)
Autonomous cars don’t understand blind – University of Maryland
Safe planning for women – NZZ
Better barriers needed – Traffic Technology International
Atlanta’s housing plans – Guardian
Rail accuses trucking of road subsidies – Roll Call
Cambridge ends single family zoning – Harvard Crimson
Senators wants $1K EV tax – Reuters
Cairo’s garbage city the envy of world – African Arguments
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