Episode 180: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Signal Timing

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we chat about signal timing tinkering in Houston, the impact of commute times on sleep disorders, Phoenix's lack of water for sprawl, and how many times Raleigh had to bid for contractors to build bus rapid transit.

Below are the show notes:

Houston signal timing off - Rice Thresher

Whitmire thinks he knows - New York Times

Sleep impacted by commutes - SciTechDaily

Lifting the smog in Santiago - Guardian

Raleigh BRT contracting - News and Observer

Phoenix has no water for sprawl - High Country News

Crypto noise - The Texas Tribune

Caltrain puts energy in the grid - Metro Magazine

China's lower tier cities and retail - Campaign 

The retail hits different - The Overhead Wire

Everything SB79 - Arbitrary Lines

Urban hoofprints - University of Michigan

Highway repair better than expansion - SSTI

US dangerous car standards - Transport and Environment

Land trust affortability - Realtor.com

Waymo and accepting death - Futurism

New census data - Niskanen Center

Secret to Norway's EV success - Energy.digital

China EVs off five year plan - Reuters

Bonus Items

New vehicles top $50K - CNBC

How Vancouver's Translink escaped death spiral - Bloomberg CityLab

Bike sharing boon - Cities Today

Smart phone data and trips - TechExplore

Milwaukee tows reckless drivers - Urban Milwaukee

St. Louis green infrastructure - Reasons to be Cheerful

Stone buildings reduce emissions - BBC

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