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Episode 179: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Another Trip to China
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Episode Episode 179: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Another Trip to China
We're Han Solo again but this time I'm sharing some thoughts from my trip to China in addition to the news. We've got stories about traffic lights in Japan, the creation of a new electric company, and housing costs. And of course there's much much more.
Below are the show notes:
Middle class housing - National Housing Conference
China builds quickly - Vox
Ann Arbor reinvinting power company - Fast Company
Dutch look to regulate bigger vehicles - Dutchnews.nl
Mosquito borne illnesses - Vox
Seattle light rail testing - Seattle Times
New Mexico free childcare - NM Source
Dallas heat island - KERA News
CA passes SB79 TOD bill - Los Angeles Times
Return to pre-covid routines brings bad air - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Flint poverty reduction for babies - Guardian
Japan's blue stop lights - Jalopnik
Low fares underused - Smart Cities Dive
Rent eats more - Joint Center for Housing Studies
BONUS ITEMS
Sweden's secondhand stores - The Conversation
Particulate matter drives devastating dimentia - Guardian
One pedal braking outlawed in China - Leravi
Bonds for fusion power authorized - City of Albuquerque
Who doesn't have a car? NRDC
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Links in the notes 20
- https://nhc.org/can-you-hear-me-now-middle-class-americans-are-priced-out-of-housing/
- https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/459355/china-us-infrastructure-building-housing-high-speed-rail
- https://www.fastcompany.com/91395511/ann-arbor-is-reinventing-the-power-company
- https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/big-dutch-cities-call-for-powers-to-ban-e-scooters-fatbikes/
- https://www.vox.com/climate/460345/vector-borne-disease-threats-climate-change-brownsville-texas-resistance
- https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/seattle-light-rail-makes-history-with-test-run-across-i-90-floating-bridge/
- https://sourcenm.com/2025/09/08/new-mexico-governor-announces-free-universal-child-care/
- https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-09-09/dallas-heat-islands-smart-surfaces-pavement-buildings
- https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-12/california-lawmakers-pass-sb-79-housing-bill-that-brings-dense-housing-to-transit-hubs
- https://www.ajc.com/business/2025/09/return-to-pre-covid-routines-has-brought-atlanta-unhealthier-air/
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/rx-kids-flint-michigan-pregnancy
- https://www.jalopnik.com/1979625/why-japan-has-blue-traffic-lights-instead-of-green/
- https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/free-low-fare-transit-programs-under-subscribed-rpa-report/761333/
- https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research-areas/working-papers/rent-eats-more-residual-income-housing-cost-burdens-2019-2023
- https://theconversation.com/how-swedens-secondhand-only-shopping-mall-is-changing-retail-260459
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/04/fine-particulate-air-pollution-trigger-forms-dementia-study-lewy-body
- https://www.leravi.org/one-pedal-driving-could-soon-be-banned-heres-what-it-means-for-drivers-14546/
- https://www.cabq.gov/council/find-your-councilor/district-6/news/albuquerque-city-council-authorizes-776-6-million-industrial-revenue-bonds-for-fusion-center
- https://www.nrdc.org/resources/who-doesnt-have-car
- https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041347732-How-to-use-your-audio-RSS
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