Episode 180: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Signal Timing

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we chat about signal timing tinkering in Houston, the impact of commute times on sleep disorders, Phoenix's lack of water for sprawl, and how many times Raleigh had to bid for contractors to build bus rapid transit. Below are the show notes: Houston signal timing off - Rice Thresher Whitmire thinks he knows - New York Times Sleep impacted by commutes - SciTechDaily Lifting the smog in Santiago - Guardian Raleigh BRT contracting - News and Observer Phoenix has no water for sprawl - High Country News Crypto noise - The Texas Tribune Caltrain puts energy in the grid - Metro Magazine China's lower tier cities and retail - Campaign The retail hits different - The Overhead Wire Everything SB79 - Arbitrary Lines Urban hoofprints - University of Michigan Highway repair better than expansion - SSTI US dangerous car standards - Transport and Environment Land trust affortability - Realtor.com Waymo and accepting death - Futurism New census data - Niskanen Center Secret to Norway's EV success - Energy.digital China EVs off five year plan - Reuters Bonus Items New vehicles top $50K - CNBC How Vancouver's Translink escaped death spiral - Bloomberg CityLab Bike sharing boon - Cities Today Smart phone data and trips - TechExplore Milwaukee tows reckless drivers - Urban Milwaukee St. Louis green infrastructure - Reasons to be Cheerful Stone buildings reduce emissions - BBC +++ 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