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Episode 175: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The City That Lost Its Zoning
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Episode Episode 175: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The City That Lost Its Zoning
This week we're Han Solo but we've got some great items to discuss with you all. We talk about how Salt Lake lost its street design, how Charlottesville lost its zoning code, and the importance of transit to the justice system.
Post Items
Stop building highways - Bloomberg CityLab
No zoning in Charlottesville - Charlottesville Tomorrow
How Utah took away SLC's streets - Building Salt Lake
Transit essential to the justice system - City and State PA
Wildlife evolution - LA Times
Bonus Items
Building credit - Brooklyn Reader
Cities not built for mothers - Architectural Digest
Dutch kids happier - CNN
Texas outlaws dealer paper plates - Jalopnik
Chinatown rent strike works - LA Public Press
Cutting shipping emissions - Anthropocene Magazine
Bike commuter benefits gone - Politico Pro
Tax deduction on car interest - Kiplinger
Hawaii launches road user charges - Citti Magazine
Fig trees turn CO2 to stone - Discover Magazine
Teens taking Waymos now - Wired Magazine
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Links in the notes 20
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-08/in-overbuilt-a-case-to-reverse-the-us-highway-building-machine
- https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/judges-ruling-means-charlottesville-has-no-zoning-laws-whatsoever-right-now/
- https://buildingsaltlake.com/shadow-lobbying-an-ai-paper-and-a-willing-senator-the-story-behind-the-bill-that-took-slcs-streets-away/
- https://www.cityandstatepa.com/opinion/2025/07/funding-transit-essential-justice-system/406601/?oref=ng-homepage-top-story
- https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-09/religion-politics-war-urban-animal-evolution-california
- https://www.bkreader.com/policy-government/nyc-pilot-program-turns-rent-payments-into-credit-power-for-affordable-housing-tenants-10872463
- https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/cities-arent-built-for-mothers
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/health/dutch-kids-happiest-essay-wellness
- https://www.jalopnik.com/1900135/texas-outlaws-temporary-paper-tags-dealer-issue-metal-plates/
- https://lapublicpress.org/2025/07/chinatown-tenants-won-victory-refusing-rent/
- https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/07/237684/elegantly-simple-technology-could-cut-shipping-emissions-in-half/
- https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/reconciliation-would-end-pre-tax-commuter-benefits-for-biking-indefinitely-00439164
- https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/new-gop-car-loan-tax-deduction
- https://www.cittimagazine.co.uk/news/road-user-charging-tolling/hawaii-launches-road-usage-charge-for-electric-vehicles.html
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/some-fig-trees-can-turn-co2-into-stone-a-hidden-talent-that-could-combat
- https://www.wired.com/story/the-teens-are-taking-waymos-now/
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