I’m excited to host Deborah Archer for a (free!) public lecture next Tuesday where she will talk about her recent book on transport justice, along with a panel of planners and architects.
If you’re in Boston, come join us! If not, tune in to the livestream! www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/transp...
I’m always having to explain to students that in street network models (including OpenStreetMap) it’s not unusual to refer to all links that allow vehicle (and even sometimes those that are restricted to ped/bike) movement as “highways”.
Also sometimes an otherwise fine bike rack becomes snow storage. The picture doesn’t do this justice. This bike rack is a mountain of solid ice.
The Urban Mobility and Climate Change Conference is just around the corner (March 5 and 6). You can either attend the conference in person, or watch it live online. See registration info and full program here www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...
I liked the movie and hated the book.
Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
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The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
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Oh. Wait. Then the second line would be right-of-center. I get it.
Are any grammar nerds commenting on the extra “the” in “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For the Performing Arts”? Just me? Are they eventually going to take down the second “The”? But then the second line would be off-center.
Gift link to an article about the dramatic increase in pedestrian deaths in the United States and how those deaths cluster in Black, Latino, and Native American communities wapo.st/4polhCJ
My take on Mamdani's ambitious vision for revamping NYC streets:
"The NYC DOT Commissioner position is going to be the most exciting job in American transportation."
From the latest @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social (please ignore my crooked glasses):
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Harvard is hiring a new director for the Joint Center for Housing Studies. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15490
At least in Cambridge/Somerville, there are plenty of e-cargo bike moms as well. And yes, it’s definitely a situation of come for the sustainability, stay for never having to worry about traffic or parking.
Like, I need to call them with a hot tip that some students send emails to ask about stuff that’s already explained in the syllabus.
New York Times headline about Harvard students not going to class.
Okay, the thing where literally anything going on at Harvard warrants coverage by NYT is getting out of hand…
I’m doing some work with a proposed walkability metric and it seems to punch well above its weight because of its relatively small footprint (much of the town is in walking distance of the rest of the town) and dense downtown grid.
Tenure-track professorship in human mobility, at Denmark’s Technical University (DTU).
Highly recommended place for research, teaching and the benefits of working and living in (slightly north of) Copenhagen. #dktrp #dkjob
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Have any of you been to Elko, Nevada? Is it nice there?
The federal shutdown has already affected me! Census Tract TIGER 2024 shapefiles are not available for New Jersey. Other states are fine. Other years are fine too. I can get 2022 tracts for New Jersey no problem, and they should be the same as 2024. But still.
Sunday was a rough day for us members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’m so heartbroken for the families - and the ward family - in Grand Blanc, Michigan. President Nelson was a voice for peace and he will be missed.
I’m not sure I understand what you’re arguing against. That a street map atlas shouldn’t have a street index? Are you referring to something other than the pages where you would look up the name of a street to find out what page of the atlas it’s on?
I mean there are 5,819 higher education institutions in the United States, so sure, but they’re making 895 assistant professor hires in late September?
LinkedIn is trying to tell me 895 people in the United Stated were hired as assistant to professors in the past week. I’m skeptical.
Obama on Charlie Kirk:
When I read this in The Emperor of All Maladies: “The risk of not having a mammogram until after age 50 is about the same as riding a bicycle for 15 hours without a helmet.” I wanted to yell: “In what city?” There is not much danger inherent to cycling. It’s the environment that’s dangerous.
I love that this thread was immediately followed in my feed by a WSJ article about how to make car travel less unpleasant.
Are we talking about a regular bike or a cargo bike?
