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Episode 195: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Solo Returns
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Episode Episode 195: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Solo Returns
This week on the Mondays show Han Solo is back and we're going through some news from the last month or so. Some really super interesting items to share in news format from what's in the ROAD to Housing Act that recently passed, night time transportation, the difference between Costco and Amazon logistics, and what makes an authentic place. There's much much more so how about diving in?
News Items
Inside the ROAD to Housing Act: Bipartisan Policy Center
Mobility wallet - Journal of the American Planning Association
Night transit - ITS International
Future prime minister bus man - New York Times
Costco's model - Pheonomenal World
Authentic neighborhoods - Harvard Gazette
Bonus Extra Items
Salamander crossing - Grist
Transit deserts and food deserts - The Guardian
Speed cameras - SF Examiner
Riding the D - The Guardian
Highway lobby hard to push back - Union of Concerned Scientists
New Mexico child care - The Guardian
Short flights more expensive, less available - NPR
Young people need own spaces - ERR
How traffic makes cities warmer - The Conversation
A new approach to planning with less car traffic - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Tire particles - Yale e360
Procurement matters - Eurocities
Fungal network - Grist
Colorado EV recycling - The Drive
Dance influenced ped mall - CVille Magazine
Mayor's parking meter deal - Block Club Chicago
Hanoi low emissions zones - Vietnam Investment Review
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Links in the notes 20
- https://bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/inside-the-deal-whats-in-the-final-21st-century-road-to-housing-act/
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2026.2675964
- https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/how-cities-fail-night-transport-and-why-its-important
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/world/europe/buses-andy-burnham-greater-manchester-bee.html
- https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-anti-amazon/
- https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/authentic/
- https://grist.org/culture/one-night-a-year-humans-command-this-march-of-frogs-and-salamanders/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/03/bus-public-transport-cuts-groceries-snap
- https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit/sf-speed-cameras-slowed-down-drivers-in-pilots-first-year/article_af6f62bc-4478-49ab-8cc1-9c8e9e291221.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/los-angeles-subway-public-transportation
- https://blog.ucs.org/kshen/the-highway-lobby-spends-millions-to-make-sure-we-pay-billions/
- https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/new-mexicos-game-changing-approach-to-child-care-affordability
- https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5781256/short-flights-days-numbered
- https://news.err.ee/1610023597/expert-young-people-need-a-welcoming-urban-space-with-no-pressure-to-spend-money
- https://theconversation.com/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195
- https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-new-approach-to-urban-planning-with-less-car-traffic-and-lower-carbon-emissions
- https://e360.yale.edu/digest/tire-particle-study
- https://eurocities.eu/latest/why-public-procurement-matters-now-how-cities-are-shaping-markets-and-delivering-change/
- https://grist.org/science/this-unfathomably-huge-fungal-network-keeps-earth-cool-and-green/
- https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-colorado-law-gets-it-right-by-requiring-responsible-ev-battery-recycling
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