Episode 194: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Family Friendly Cities?

June 30

1h 16m

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Episode Description

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan is back on the show to talk about a number of items including a piece on the role of the built environment in population decline, the kids of the Netherlands taking part in a four day national walking festival, the prevalence of growing vehicles in the United States and in Europe, and a signification pollution reduction in London on account of low emissions policies including vehicle limits.

News Item Links

Built environment and population decline - Architect Magazine

Dutch children's four day walkabout - The Guardian

America's growing SUV size problem - NYT

Europe's carspreading - The Guardian

London's emissions reductions - The Guardian

Links from Letters

The Coal Town System - The American Experience

Coal towns in Appalachia - Substack

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Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music.

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