Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – Disassembling to Save The Building
August 10, 2026
This week we’re Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks. We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland’s need to build a revolving loan fund, and how street network design could help us build more housing. Below are the show notes with links from the articles we mentioned.
Below are the show notes:
Main Items
Sydney active transport superhighways – Committee for Sydney
Beauty over billboards – Reasons to be Cheerful
ROAD to housing passes – NPR
ROAD details – Bipartisan Policy Center
EPA wants to allow more truck emissions – New York Times
Maryland case for revolving fund – Maryland Matters
Saving Japans heritage homes – New York Times
Street design for more housing – Planetizen
Curb management can reduce driver stress – Traffic Technology Today
$200 rent for work from home – USA Today
Trump’s DOT hates bike lanes – NPR
Architectural waste – Common Edge
Lake Powell in uncharted territory – Utah Public Radio
Bonus Items
San Antonio E-bike program – Smart Cities World
Oregon recycling rules face test – Governing
Chicago bike lane fines – Chicago Tribune
Wall street wants rents to rise – Time Magazine
Policy begets voter engagement – Virginia Mercury
Poland HSR plans – UA
Hungary rail modernization – Daily News Hungary
Zoox can start charging – The Verge
Fiscal crisis facing cities – Urban Proxima
Flock’s cameras misread plates – C-Net
