Episode 199: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Ways to Think About Transport

This week we're back and Han Solo but we're covering lots of things including the thinking differently about our transportation investments around the country, the sillyness of cutting property taxes in states, and thinking more about tenant investment vehicles.  Much more of course! Stay tuned.

News Items

Philly green corridors - Architect's Newspaper

More trains - Grist

Future transport policy - Brookings

The Future is HSR - The Transit Brief

High speed metro is something new - The Transit Brief

City hospice in Florida - Florida Politics

Zurich taking space from cars - Swissinfo.ch

Congestion pricing wins - EDF

Housing as a human right - Dame Magazine

Great american tax freakout - SSRN

Rental investment vehicles - Stanford Social Innovation Review

Plug in hybrids caught emitting more - Transport and Environment

Transit increases GDP - Global News

Bonus Items

Highways and chain stores - Strong Towns

Disbanding public utilities? - Texas Tribune

Childcare takes income - Marketplace

Childcare in New Mexico - The 74

A railroad infrastructure bank - Progressive Railroading

Wastewater recycling in Reno - Governing 

Bike sharing can reduce emissions - Simon Frasier University

Electrification could cut Mexican oil use - Mexico Business News

87 year old's eviction in Spain - The Guardian

China opens more HSR - China Daily

Calgary Edmonton HSR - CBC News

Pattern books in housing bill - Bipartisan Policy Center

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