Mondays 187: Missing Service We Paid For
March 9, 2026
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we chat about Zurich’s green roofs, zoning at 100, RTD’s missing service, and Madison’s electric bus lessons. This and much much more.
Below are links to the items we discussed on the show:
Main News
FRA’s potential shakeup – The Travel
Zurich’s climate shield – Reasons to be Cheerful
Truck pollution in Australia – Guardian
Madison electric buses – Grist
How zoning won – Bloomberg CityLab
LA pavement may be unnecessary – LA Times
Denver missing transit service – Denver Post
What urban highways cost – Bloomberg CityLab
What makes a city beautiful – The Conversation
Bonus Items
Traffic tickets up in SF – San Francisco Chronicle
Decoding economic development corruption – Lincoln Institute
DART reorganization – KERA
The equity of trees – MIT News
Traffic signal tech – Tennessean
Squamish urban project – Globe and Mail
Carbon intensive coastal adaptation – Common Edge
Federal judge rules for congestion pricing – Streetsblog NYC
Self driving cars increase VMT – Vox
Housing includes childcare – Marketplace
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