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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2026 · 1H 16M

Episode 194: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Family Friendly Cities?

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan is back on the show to talk about a number of items including a piece on the role of the built environment in population decline, the kids of the Netherlands taking part in a four day national walking festival, the prevalence of growing vehicles in the United States and in Europe, and a signification pollution reduction in London on account of low emissions policies including vehicle limits.  News Item Links Built environment and population decline - Architect Magazine Dutch children's four day walkabout - The Guardian America's growing SUV size problem - NYT Europe's carspreading - The Guardian London's emissions reductions - The Guardian Links from Letters The Coal Town System - The American Experience Coal towns in Appalachia - Substack   +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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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