Urban planner & historian, working at the intersection of transportation, land use, and sustainability. Books on TRB's history and WWII Urban Planning
May 15, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Hey transportation and public health experts: as the country starts to re-open, Americans desperately need advice on giving each other rides during the pandemic. And the answer can't simply be "don't do it." 1/8
We've been obsessing over mass transit, but only 4.9% of Americans take mass transit to work. 9% of Americans carpool or vanpool to work. 2/8
Apr 14, 2020 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Before this Washington Post article on Langley Park, an immigrant community in inner-ring suburban Maryland, disappears into the pandemic blur, I want to add transportation to its many challenges. THREAD 1/ washingtonpost.com/local/an-immig…
I've been working on "A Tale of Two Transit Centers" that compares Langley Park to downtown Silver Spring, the iconic suburban transit-oriented and walkable community on the Metro's Red Line. 2/
Mar 25, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
World War II and #COVID19 crisis part 2, with a focus on labor utilization.
Getting the right people with the right skills in the right place and time was the toughest nut to crack on the American home front. Why is this relevant to COVID19? /1
Like WWII: despite mass lay-offs, we are already seeing spot shortages of specific types of essential workers. (The war conversion also started with mass layoffs.) /2
Mar 20, 2020 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
TL;DR version of PTHF, tailored to relevance to COVID-19 crisis: The secret to American WWII mobilization was contracting, while maintaining democracy. /1
