# Episode 176: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Get Your Steps Racing the Bus

An episode of [Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/775143271), 5 Aug 2025, 1 h 00 min.

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by James Llamas, now at Nelson Nygaard, to chat about a number of different items including Vietnam's move to ban gas powered motorbikes in central Hanoi, the importance of walking to your health, racing the 8 bus in Seattle, Brightline's death toll, and the 8D magical city of Chongqing. Below are the show notes! Vietnam to ban gas bikes - Electrek 7,000 steps for health - The Lancet Race the L8 - Seattle Transit Blog Brightline's death toll - Miami Herald Chongqing the 8D city - Straits Times +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

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