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An I am an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Kentucky, and currently a visiting professor at TU Munich. I teach transportation engineering, data science and the science of cities. My research focuses on data and models to inform transportation infrastructure and policy decisions.

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I am currently in Slade, Kentucky, where the weather is 69 degrees and raining. This week I have ridden a chair lift to the top of the Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge State Park, kayaked inside of a flooded limestone mine, visited Whistling Arch in the Red River Gorge Park, and soaked in the hot tub at our vacation cabin.

Today, I will go on a zipline over the Red River Gorge.

Congratulations to Dr. Vedant Goyal on passing his PhD defense! He examined whether ride-hailing affects road safety outcomes. The short answer is: not much. Well done, Dr. Goyal.

Are transit ridership forecasts accurate? We’ll done Jawad Hoque!

Come check out my poster with Alex Mucci at happening now! Ride-hailing sharing and matching in Chicago: Travel time, cost and choice models.

Computers are supposed to make processes cheaper and more efficient, but Lyft has done the opposite to taxi dispatching, in a big way. It's honestly baffling. fullstackeconomics.com/p/i-dro

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RT @NACTO
“Elevating, funding, and prioritizing high-quality bus service means more access to jobs, faster trips home to family, less pollution in our cities, and a more vibrant quality of life for everyone."

curbed.com/2022/12/cori-bush-b

In the December edition of Highways Magazine I go after UK roundabout design and suggest that the authors of the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges try and cross their designs. Digital edition free as always highwaysmagazine.co.uk/latest-

After 1.5 years of infighting between the coalition parties, Berlin is about to approve a new mobility law that aims to reduce car use, reallocate street space away from cars & parking and introduce more parking pricing. But there will be no road pricing.
tagesspiegel.de/berlin/einigun

Hi I'm Conor and I cover housing stuff for the NYT. Recently moved to LA from Oakland. Like many sane people I had been trying and failing to divorce Twitter for time/mental health reasons, but the recent fracas has been a great push. So here I am. I'm not great with tech so please excuse the inevitable stumbles. #introductions

Work from home has been a huge boon to employment access for disabled people.

“The jobless rate for disabled workers — typically in double digits and 12.3% two years ago — dropped to 5.8% in November … the lowest rate for people with disabilities since record-keeping began in 2008.”

latimes.com/politics/story/202

So! Since it's now been publicly announced, & before this platform becomes🗑️, I have some news! At the end of the year, I'll be leaving @BostonRegionMPO to be Deputy Director of Regional Transit Planning for @MBTA. Video of a very sweet goodbye at the MPO:
youtu.be/uW3_O0bdNwg?t=446

State #transportation agencies are divided over a proposed rule to track greenhouse gases and act accordingly.

Here’s what the head of Washington State DOT had to say: “We’re at a point of diminishing returns where building new #highways costs more and more and we get less and less out of it.”

More rural states tend to push back.

washingtonpost.com/transportat

#Climate #ClimateAction #TransportationPolicy

I suppose I'm overdue for an introduction... Was born and raised in Indiana, attended Purdue for undergrad (Math/Stats, Psychology) and the University of Washington (Civil Engineering, Applied Math) for grad school. Worked at the Indianapolis MPO for a year and a half doing land use modeling and other nerdy number things, and then four years at DVRPC and the past year at SANDAG doing travel model development (mostly of the activity-based variety).

Some of you may have seen Elon Musk's endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crazy antivax conspiracy theories today.

Over at post.news, I just posted a long-form piece about this, and about how science education needs to adapt to online disinformation.

Please a look. If you like it, boost it there or here or — if you dare — over on the birdsite.

post.news/article/2J7VEapSIpNW

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