Harvey J. Miller

Memo showing Mario handing the viewer a crown

@davidzipper.bsky.social

Quote comparing counting traffic death per mile to cancer rates per cigarette smoked

Brilliant:

The US Is Counting Traffic Deaths Wrong By emphasizing the number of people killed per mile rather than deaths per capita, traffic safety groups risk normalizing the factors that make American roads so deadly.

“Measuring deaths per mile lowers the ceiling on what even the best-crafted safety strategy can achieve. Yes, building less dangerous cars and more forgiving roads would help... But another way to save lives deserves far more attention than it gets: Stop forcing Americans to drive so much.”

The Bay Area Considers the Unthinkable: Life Without BART

“It seems insane that a place as flush with cash as this town can’t keep things like this that allow society to function.” 💯

At ~$1 billion/day, the US has spent as much on the war in Iran in ten days as the entire FY25 budget for the National Science Foundation ($10 billion).

Trump's FY26 budget request for the agency declined to $3.9 billion, due to a "realignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment."

‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and “eVTOLs” up and running around the country—even if they’re not fully FAA-certified.

We already have an epidemic of cars hitting people and buildings, sometimes intentionally as weapons of terror. So explain to me how flying cars will work without TSA-level security to prevent someone from flying one of these into my house or my children's school.

Have you heard of oldinsurancemaps.net ?

The latest publication from the Ghost Neighborhoods project where we are generating 3D urban models from historical Sanborn fire insurance maps. These maps exist for 12,000 places across the USA for the period 1880s-1960s. Our techniques - including community engagement - can be applied widely

I am pleased to share the latest publication from the Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project where we are using machine learning and GIS to create 3D urban models from historical Sanborn fire insurance maps. These maps exist for 12,000 cities and towns across the USA for the period 1880s-1960s.

Oil Remains Potent Geopolitical Tool, Decades After Energy Crisis

‘Once a country has the tools to harness the sun and the wind, the energy sources themselves cannot be taken away. “You can’t weaponize the sun. You can’t weaponize the wind.”’

How $800 Monthly Car Payments Are Hurting Car Sales

Not only does this hurt the auto industry, it harms households, families and communities. Mobility does not need to be this expensive.

Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE

The new Underground Railroad in Springfield OH.

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

“The scarce resources we have should be used to prioritise the basic needs of people in poverty and to create what is of societal value rather than serve the frivolous desires of the ultra-rich.”

The New Miami Gold Rush

The uber-rich either don’t understand the climate crisis or don’t have to care

Old school

A road bike tire with a tear, repaired by a bill placed inside the tire before inflating the tube

Pro-tip: carry currency when you bicycle. A bill can serve as an emergency tire repair. This bill got me 10 miles back home. Follow me for more life hacks!

I mean, if the argument is based on the 85th percentile rule than it is suspect

Yes, that is the traditional wisdom. Is it correct?

Why changing speed limits in Ohio is harder than you think | Getting There Changing Ohio's speed limits isn't as simple as a phone call. Learn why a formal study is required and how it impacts road safety.

Are there any studies to support this? I know traffic engineers believe this, but traffic engineers believe a lot of things that vary from theory and evidence:

Sometimes lowering the speed limit might make roads more unsafe, not less, ODOT spokesperson McGuire said.

‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

👉 “I would challenge anyone to find leftwing indoctrination” at Ohio State, said Danielle Fienberg, a junior and history major who took a Chase course last semester. “Professors want you to challenge them, they want you to disagree.” 👈

Elon Musk's Boring Company Nominated to Connect Universal Orlando Parks via Tunnels - WDWNT The proposed underground development would help connect Universal Orlando Resort properties, including Epic Universe.

Traveling in a Tesla in a small tunnel underwater takes a lot of faith.

Study: Most Of America's Paint-Only Bike Paths Are On Our Deadliest Roads — Streetsblog USA Even worse, most Americans see these terrible lanes and think, "I'd be crazy to ride a bike" — and the cycle continues.

Most American "bike lanes" are little more than lines of paint at the edges of deadly roads — and that lack of protected infrastructure is keeping many would-be riders out of the saddle, a new study confirms.

A sidewalk that is the width of a single small yard, with no connection to other sidewalks

The Loneliest Sidewalk in Columbus

Whether you use it or not, better public transit makes your commute better A surprisingly small drop in cars on the road can dramatically ease congestion, and public transit is one way to get there.

You - yes, you! - benefit from good public transit even if you don’t use it

Why Other Democracies Don’t Gerrymander Like the U.S.

Valuable lessons for America

Want to walk more without trying? Move here Researchers found that walkable city design—not personal motivation—was the key factor behind people taking 1,100 more steps per day

City design - not personal motivation- is the key factor behind people walking more

Let’s party like it’s 1899

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning. Nothing. Zero. Not many countries have zero.”

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally, experts say.

By Hiroko Tabuchi in @nytimes.com

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