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Episode 197: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Change Orders!
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Episode Episode 197: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Change Orders!
This week on the Mondays Show we are Han Solo again, but have a lot of interesting news to share. We talk about LA's people mover change orders, a poll that finds lots of people want urbanism, and a trip along the coast of West Africa.
Today's Items
People mover change orders - The Hollywood Reporter
Voter attitudes towards green urbanism - Data for Progress
Overperforming downtowns - Patrick Kennedy
West African coast - NPR
E-bike town - Portland Mercury
A city for families - Constructor University
London's social housing - The Guardian
MBTA battery trains - Commonwealth Beacon
Utah cutting emissions - KUER
Hold grail of downtown recovery - Challenger Cities
Bonus Items
Oversize vehicles in Australia - The Conversation
Rooftop rainwater cuts heat - University of Manchester
Delivery protection act - New York Times
China heavy vehicles chewing up roads - Techy 44
Baltimore policing reform - Emerald Pages
Hidden fungal networks - Brighter Side of News
NC Tax break could strip cities - INDY Week
Pike Place market scale back - The Urbanist
Roadless rule - Field and Stream
CA tire efficiency rule - Grist
The modern Sears home - Groundwork Collaborative
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Links in the notes 20
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-news/youtuber-expose-lax-people-mover-1236664062/
- https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/8/6/green-urbanism-in-america-voter-attitudes-toward-sustainable-community-development
- https://medium.com/@WalkableDFW/the-five-shared-traits-of-over-performing-downtowns-de10d3284295
- https://apps.npr.org/west-africa-trade-growth-economy-nigeria-ghana-lagos/
- https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/e-bike-town/
- https://constructor.university/news/does-your-city-match-your-relationship-status-new-study-exposes-hidden-costs-urban-living
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/16/the-guardian-view-on-londons-social-housing-pumping-billions-into-the-economy-every-year
- https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/future-proof-or-a-strategic-mistake-inside-the-mbtas-effort-to-electrify-its-commuter-rail-system/
- https://www.kuer.org/science-environment/2026-08-17/tier-3-gasoline-utah-vehicle-emissions-cut
- https://challengercities.substack.com/p/the-quest-for-the-holy-grail-of-downtown
- https://theconversation.com/big-us-style-trucks-are-killing-more-pedestrians-in-australia-our-research-proves-it-289034
- https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/harvesting-rainwater-from-rooftops-could-help-cities-stay-cool-and-cut-the-number-of-heatwave-days/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/nyregion/mamdani-amazon-delivery-workers-nyc.html
- https://okdiario.com/techy/en/china-confirmed-heavy-electric-vehicles-are-chewing-through-road-surfaces-and-the-weight-doing-it-sits-under-the-floor/7253/
- https://emeraldbook.org/news/aug-0426-5/
- https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/hidden-fungal-networks-more-than-100-quadrillion-km-in-length-help-plants-survive-climate-change/
- https://indyweek.com/news/the-million-dollar-industry-built-around-ncs-affordable-housing-tax-break/
- https://www.theurbanist.org/pike-place-pedestrian-pilot-poised-to-scale-back-for-winter/
- https://fieldandstream.com/stories/roadless-rule-repeal
- https://grist.org/transportation/californias-new-tire-efficiency-rules-could-save-drivers-1b-a-year/
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