Episode 154: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dead University Line

We're Han Solo this week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire but that doesn't stop us from covering a lot of ground from the last several weeks. We chat about how climate change could impact infrastructure building, the death of Houston's University Line, and Boston's commuter rail ridership success compared to before the pandemic. We cover a lot more but listen in to find out!   Below are links to the items we discussed on today's show! Banks realize climate risk - Wired Magazine Risk of property insurance increase - Moving Day Talking Headways Podcast - In a Bad State Metro shelves University Corridor - Houston Public Media Mexico city running under water - New York Times Bogota water restrictions - Bloomberg CityLab Boston commuter rail comeback - Route Fifty Small future of housing - Fast Company Cities come alive after hours - Washington Post Medical insurer pledges for housing - Yahoo News Denmark's fix for mortgage rate jumps - Business Insider Colorado's new approach to highways - New York Times Wyoming road failure opens housing discussion - Whitehall Ledger Bonus Items Health impacts of station areas - MedicalXpress Put lazy money to work - Governing Curbing costs from "betterments" - The Urbanist Bike lanes reduce traffic speeds - Rutgers Homeless Angelino takes over previous house - Los Angeles Times Homeowners want prices to go up - The American Prospect A conditional contract - Equipment World $100K for every new Canadian home - Toronto Star Connecting North and South Stations - Boston Globe Deep sea mining not necessary - Frontier Group Self driving, but not at dusk or dawn - Australian Broadcasting News *** Join our Happy Hour with Seamless Bay Area by RSVPing. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire 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