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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Jake Berman to talk about his book, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. We discuss transit histories through the lens of racial dynamics, monopolies, ballot measures, and overlooked cities. Listen to this episode
Uber has been “operationally profitable” for ten quarters according to Andrew Miller. But how did they get there? By exploiting workers and extracting money from customers through algorithms that determine a willingness to pay. This came after functionally getting rid of competition to be the only game in most towns. This was also an exploitation
We’re back for a new year of Mondays at The Overhead Wire! This week we’re chatting about faster transit, cable cars in the Paris region, congestion pricing and more! Below you’ll find links to the items we discuss during the show…
