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Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
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Episode Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo. The news continues and so do we. We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health! Join us below for the show notes:
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News Items
Keys to happiness - Business Insider
Transit subsidy - Streetsblog USA
Truck insurance - Streetsblog USA
Flex funding - New York Focus
Rotterdam flood management - Guardian
Non subsidized affordable housing - CalMatters
Indian railway electrification - Energy Monitor
A mogul battles the subway - Hollywood Reporter
Alzheimers design - Guardian
Trees and health - Washington Post
Bonus Items
Bike friendly cities safe for all road users - Momentum Mag
Paris SUV Tax - Le Parisien
NYPHA bribery scandal - Motherboard
Power outages longer in poor areas - Route Fifty
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Links in the notes 17
- https://www.businessinsider.com/loneliness-happiness-cure-coffee-shops-dense-housing-parks-walkable-neighborhoods-2024-2
- https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/05/study-subsidizing-transit-actually-makes-it-more-efficient
- https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/01/30/reforming-a-44-year-old-insurance-law-could-prevent-thousands-of-deadly-truck-crashes-a-year
- https://nysfocus.com/2024/02/05/biden-infrastructure-law-highways-public-transit
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/water-comes-from-all-four-sides-how-rotterdams-tidal-park-protects-the-city
- https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/02/affordable-housing-los-angeles/
- https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/electrification/how-india-made-45-of-its-railway-network-electric-in-just-five-years/
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fred-rosen-battle-bel-air-subway-1235807662/
- https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/28/landais-village-alzheimers-dax-france-john-morden-centre-london-appleby-blue-elderly
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/01/29/louisville-trees-heart-health/
- https://momentummag.com/study-shows-bicycle-friendly-cities-are-safer-for-all-road-users-even-drivers/
- https://www-leparisien-fr.translate.goog/paris-75/votation-sur-les-suv-les-parisiens-favorables-a-une-taxation-du-stationnement-pour-les-vehicules-lourds-04-02-2024-TUTZBV2MM5GSFKTRDM2UNHG45Q.php?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m5g8/feds-bust-massive-nyc-public-housing-bribery-ring-arrest-dozens-of-allegedly-corrupt-officials
- https://www.route-fifty.com/infrastructure/2024/02/power-outages-leave-poor-communities-dark-longer/393995/
- https://www.threads.net/@theoverheadwire
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