Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought

Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there's more but listen in to hear everything we share. Main News Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show: Los Angeles Spongy City - Wired Magazine Local governments new plans for public housing - Vox Toronto streetcar speeds up - Blog TO Smaller houses for smaller prices - New York Times Zoning for transportation funds - FAS Canadian feds will stop investing in roads - CBC News Cell phone distracted drivers - Vox Rent killing sex? - Discourse Lounge Mexico City water shortage - CNN Retail attraction strategies - Time Deadliest Intersections - Stacker Reviewing smooth cities - The Nation Transport equity tool - Streetsblog CA Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs - Guardian | Guardian Climate boomtowns - The Atlantic Profit sharing for cities - Governing The Great Asynchonization - Transportist Death of the small car - Autopian Fire department policy - Thesis Driven AI Generated visuals - MIT News Houston Mayor - Texas Monthly Building deconstruction - Smart Cities Dive *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads @theoverheadwire 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