Episode 198: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – Creating Systemic Change

This week we’re Han Solo, but that won’t stop us from sharing some interesting news including daylighting urban streams, why we shouldn’t put everything on transit, Barcelona’s e-bike subsidy, and Charlotte’s value created.

Show note links below the fold…

News Items

Two ways to daylight streams – The Conversation

Transit scope creep – Works in Progress

Barcelona e-bike – City of Barcelona

The Carbon Wave – MIT Press Reader

Feedback loops – ArchDaily

Charlotte light rail value – Planetizen

Dead malls a thing still? – Arbitrary Lines

Cities need municipal wealth funds – Urban Proxima

Trumps war reduced oil consumption – Yale Climate Connections

Bonus Items

Robotaxis skipping the gas tax – Eno Center for Transportation

Bay area exporting housing shortage – San Francisco Chronicle

Did Chicago TIF work? – University of Illinois Chicago

Las Vegas BRT ridership – Las Vegas Sun

China’s new rules for autonomous vehicles – China Daily

New Zealand road user charges set – ITS International

Illinois e-bike bill signed – Government Technology

Heat deaths are higher than shared – NPR

Where do people mix – Northeastern University

Paying for bike lane removal – LA Times