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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2026 · 41 MIN

Episode 198: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Creating Systemic Change

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This week we're Han Solo, but that won't stop us from sharing some interesting news including daylighting urban streams, why we shouldn't put everything on transit, Barcelona's e-bike subsidy, and Charlotte's value created.  News Items Two ways to daylight streams - The Conversation Transit scope creep - Works in Progress Barcelona e-bike - City of Barcelona The Carbon Wave - MIT Press Reader Feedback loops - ArchDaily Charlotte light rail value - Planetizen Dead malls a thing still? - Arbitrary Lines Cities need municipal wealth funds - Urban Proxima Trumps war reduced oil consumption - Yale Climate Connections Bonus Items Robotaxis skipping the gas tax - Eno Center for Transportation Bay area exporting housing shortage - San Francisco Chronicle Did Chicago TIF work? - University of Illinois Chicago Las Vegas BRT ridership - Las Vegas Sun China's new rules for autonomous vehicles - China Daily New Zealand road user charges set - ITS International Illinois e-bike bill signed - Government Technology Heat deaths are higher than shared - NPR Where do people mix - Northeastern University Paying for bike lane removal - LA Times +++ 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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