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Episode 178: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Subway for Cats
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Episode Episode 178: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Subway for Cats
This week we're Han Solo but have a lot of great news to share. We talk about the smartest city in the world, Toronto's TOD ambitions, electric car range and much much more!
Below are items we shared on the show:
Main Items
Toronto's TOD - Brandon Donnelly
The smartest city - Reasons to be Cheerful
Less range - InsideEVs
Future of cooling is past - Atmos
Grocery robot - The Verge
DOT repaints Pulse crosswalk - Orlando Sentinel
Homes made by robots - LA Business Journal
Mercator Africa - NPR
Bonus Items!
Tax the rich - Commonwealth Beacon
Construction Bubble - Yanko Design
EV charger pollution - Electrive
EVs cost more - Heatmap
Heatwave aging - New York Times
Tampa transit - Florida Politics
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Links in the notes 19
- https://brandondonnelly.com/toronto-is-planning-for-a-post-car-future
- https://reasonstobecheerful.world/etteln-smartest-city/
- https://insideevs.com/news/769149/ev-range-study-how-much-do-you-need/
- https://atmos.earth/the-future-of-cooling-was-invented-thousands-of-years-ago/
- https://www.theverge.com/news/765167/robomart-autonomous-food-delivery-locker-rm5
- https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/24/dot-repaints-pulse-crosswalk-for-a-second-time-fhp-and-opd-watching-site/
- https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/homes-made-by-robots/https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/homes-made-by-robots/
- https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/nx-s1-5508358/mercator-map-africa
- https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-fair-share-amendment-is-delivering/
- https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/08/18/the-worlds-largest-inflatable-construction-bubble-is-changing-how-cities-build/
- https://www.electrive.com/2025/08/20/ev-fast-charging-hubs-pollutant-hotspots-study-claims/
- https://heatmap.news/electric-vehicles/ev-weight-electricity-cost
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/heat-waves-aging.html
- https://floridapolitics.com/archives/753295-michael-owen-wants-to-dissolve-hillsborough-transit-agency-establish-tampa-only-system/
- https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041347732-How-to-use-your-audio-RSS
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- https://bookshop.org/shop/TheOverheadWire
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- https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/34429251-cars-are-cholesterol?store_id=948514
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