Episode 51: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Red Wagons and Red Lines

This week Laura Bliss joins the show  to talk about SB50's demise, the closing of Market Street to cars, and a red wagon in Germany full of cell phones creating digital traffic.

Sharon Feigon also lets us in on what's happening at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago.

News

The demise of SB50 - Los Angeles Times

New transportation bill coming? - Politico

Market Street goes free - Streetsblog USA

Odds and Ends

American houses have more bathrooms - The Atlantic

UPS electric vehicles - Engadget

Degraded air quality in US Metros - Environment America

Story of the Week

Creating traffic jams with phones - The Verge

Vacancy Taxes - WBUR