A recent article from The Verge talks about how Twitter may be more accurate than NOAA in terms of identifying flooded areas. MIT Media Lab also came up with an app that allowed crowdsourcing storm and flooding data. But that required downloading and installing the
I've been trying to follow several companies now that marry urban planning, data science, and software engineering. What I find super interesting about them is that I believe these new companies are also part of a new trend. There really haven't been too much like
I have a little known dream: to be the voice of the NYC Subway system. I would settle for NJTransit. I can totally say "The next station stop is Secaucus Junction. WHEN LEAVING THE TRAIN, PLEASE WATCH THE GAP" in a soothing and informational way. Someone
A recent article outlines how Toronto is building a new flood risk management infrastructure project that will also act as green, open space. This "green infrastructure" is something I have spent a great deal of time working on. Instead of building so called "hard infrastructure"
One of my favorite books is Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum. We like to think of the Internet as this ethereal, intangible thing. But the reality is the Internet is very much tangible. Cell towers, fiber optic lines,
Wired article This article has a lot going on. Especially things I have a great interest in. First and foremost is bus network redesign. It seems it is a popular new strategy among cities, particularly Houston. Bus routes haven't been reassessed in decades and urban forms and
What counts as social infrastructure? I define it capaciously. Public institutions such as libraries, schools, playgrounds, parks, athletic fields, and swimming pools are vital parts of the social infrastructure. So too are sidewalks, courtyards, community gardens, and other green spaces that invite people into the
An opinion piece on MarketWatch talks about how Big Box development essentially leads to American municipalities becoming insolvent. In essence, the tax breaks meant to entice development away from other municipalities leads to a race to the bottom and eventually to ratables the returns of
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when i was younger and my cousins visited suburban central jersey, the only thing to do was go to the mall. it still is. while my local mall has managed to survive - including by building a miniature "downtown" style shopping area adjacent to the