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Transport planning professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design

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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.

02.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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/...

28.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I liked the movie and hated the book.

24.02.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

19.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 7606 πŸ” 1074 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 132
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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!

pop.umn.edu/training/pos...

12.01.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh. Wait. Then the second line would be right-of-center. I get it.

20.12.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are any grammar nerds commenting on the extra β€œthe” in β€œThe 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 β€œThe”? But then the second line would be off-center.

20.12.2025 03:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Barnes Group - jobs We Are Hiring! The Barnes Group is a collaborative, creative and engaged community of world leaders in the exploration of novel uses of data science for Earth system research. Join us!

Two postdoc positions in environmental data science at Boston U πŸ§ͺ

20.11.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The deadliest roads in America The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.

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

20.11.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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):
lookbothwayspod.podbean.com/e/episode-9-...

13.11.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Nicolas P. and Joan B. Retsinas Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies and Associate Professor in Practice, Professor in Practice, or Senior Lecturer The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) seeks to appoint a distinguished scholar and/or practitioner with a deep understanding of housing markets, practice, and policy to serve as the inaugural Ni...

Harvard is hiring a new director for the Joint Center for Housing Studies. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15490

13.11.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

13.11.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

07.10.2025 01:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
New York Times headline about Harvard students not going to class.

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…

07.10.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

03.10.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human Mobility - DTU Management Are your interests within understanding and modelling of human mobility, smart mobility services, and assessment of new business models for better and more sustainable mobility solutions.

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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03.10.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have any of you been to Elko, Nevada? Is it nice there?

03.10.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

02.10.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

01.10.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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?

26.09.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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?

25.09.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

25.09.2025 23:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Obama on Charlie Kirk:

17.09.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 2875 πŸ” 724 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 215

When I read this in The Emperor of All Maladies: β€œThe 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: β€œIn what city?” There is not much danger inherent to cycling. It’s the environment that’s dangerous.

05.09.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love that this thread was immediately followed in my feed by a WSJ article about how to make car travel less unpleasant.

13.08.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are we talking about a regular bike or a cargo bike?

08.08.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. There’s been a huge shift among those who walk to school where they are more likely to be accompanied by a (usually female) parent. Note that walking a kid to school is even more time consuming than driving them. A safe street is one that a child can navigate independently.

29.07.2025 01:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Supportive anecdata: since I got my new e-bike three months ago, I've put nearly 900 miles on it and roughly 25 miles on our car.

24.07.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4