Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Disassembling to Save The Building

Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Disassembling to Save The Building

Author: The Overhead Wire August 11, 2026 Duration: 43:46

This week we're Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks.  We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland's need to build a revolving loan fund, and how street network design could help us build more housing. Below are the show notes with links from the articles we mentioned. 

Main Items

Sydney active transport superhighways - Committee for Sydney

Beauty over billboards - Reasons to be Cheerful

ROAD to housing passes - NPR

ROAD details - Bipartisan Policy Center

EPA wants to allow more truck emissions - New York Times

Maryland case for revolving fund - Maryland Matters

Saving Japans heritage homes - New York Times

Street design for more housing - Planetizen

Curb management can reduce driver stress - Traffic Technology Today

$200 rent for work from home - USA Today

Trump's DOT hates bike lanes - NPR

Architectural waste - Common Edge

Lake Powell in uncharted territory - Utah Public Radio

Bonus Items

San Antonio E-bike program - Smart Cities World

Oregon recycling rules face test - Governing

Chicago bike lane fines - Chicago Tribune

Wall street wants rents to rise - Time Magazine

Policy begets voter engagement - Virginia Mercury

Poland HSR plans - UA

Hungary rail modernization - Daily News Hungary

Zoox can start charging - The Verge

Fiscal crisis facing cities - Urban Proxima

Flock's cameras misread plates - C-Net

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