Episode 177: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cars Heat the City

This week we're Han Solo on Mondays but we've got a lot of news and information for you! We cover the bipartisan housing bill, the impact of new housing stock on older rentals, disgust for density, the car colors that make cities hotter and much more! Check out the show notes below! Bipartisan housing bill proposed - Washington Post New housing slows rent growth - Pew Trusts Cities shifting from social hubs - Yale News Disgust for density - NextCity MPO representation - Urban Institute Dark vehicles heat cities - CarbonCopy Privitization of public engagement - streets.mn Homeless health benefits from homes - Seattle Times Moss landing battery fire sparks nimbys - Heatmap Street lamps not light pollution main source - Forbes Smartphone dependent culture - NextCity Killing climate rule could backfire - E&E News NZ could get road user charge - Interest.co.nz Old EV batteries have new jobs - Texas Tribune Ford rethinks assembly line - Wired Magazine Moving to a walkable city could add steps - ABC News +++ 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