Harvey J. Miller

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A century of failing to build our way out of congestion still hasn’t convinced some people that the only solution is mobility choices other than driving.

Flooding and droughts drove them from their homes. Now they’re seeking a safe haven in New York Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters

Data shows that extreme weather is driving immigration to the US

It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!

www.lifeaftercars.com

'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores the icon's music and activism Peabody Award-winning journalist Jad Abumrad is back with a new podcast series Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, investigating the icon's creation of Afrobeats and his fight against oppression.

I’ve been listening to this excellent podcast about Fela Kuti - one of the most powerful musicians of all time. Read the interview for a taste.

You may not believe in climate change, but the insurance industry does.

Lower-Income Americans Are Missing Car Payments

The average monthly car payment is $749 for new cars and $529 for used (source: NerdWallet). And unlike a house, cars lose value over time and can’t easily be sold to relieve debt.

To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning

ICE, meet NIMBY

Opinion | Trump’s Crackdown on Chinese Students Ignores a Startling New Reality

China is already surpassing the United States in science and technology research. Chinese students no longer need to go to America for world-class research experience in the fields that will shape our future.

What Was the Cybertruck? Elon Musk’s car from space offered a vision for a sustainable and autonomous future. All along, it was as awkward, easily bruised, and volatile as the entrepreneur himself.

“Like Elon Musk himself, the vehicle is awkward, easily bruised, and disturbingly volatile—a professional promise-breaker.”

What Comes After the ‘War on Cars’? Podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear deliver a book-length takedown of the automobile — and a plea to stop centering cities around driving.

Mark your calendars! Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from The War on Cars podcast will be in Columbus on January 27th as part of their Life After Cars book tour. Brought to you by The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) and Transit Columbus. Stay tuned for more details.

Scooter rider seriously injured in crash near Easton Columbus Police are investigating a crash involving an electric scooter on the northeast side on Thursday eveing.The incident occurred just before 6:30 p.m. las

Sorry for this incident but glad that that ABC6 knows how to report crashes. @10tv.com.web.brid.gy - looking in your direction.

“According to police, a Toyota driver was turning right into a plaza and hit an adult riding a scooter in the bike lane.”

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat “Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics

But no major grants and his teaching evaluations suck.

Should the bus be free? Transit advocates are divided "Free buses" is one of the big ideas that helped Zohran Mamdani win the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. But the track record in cities that have stopped collecting fares is mixed.

You can have free buses. You can have fast buses. Its very difficult to have both.

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

They are still cars

Science Sundays: "Using AI and GIS to create virtual worlds from old maps " Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and Geographic Information Science (GIS) enable researchers to unlock the rich historical information trapped in old maps. The Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus ...

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Join me on December 7 for Ohio State Arts and Science College “Science Sundays”. I’ll talk about how we are using AI and GIS to create 3D virtual worlds of historical neighborhoods from old Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. Free and open to the public

Ohio House bill seeks to give ‘car condo’ owners a residential tax break House Bill 17 would reclassify certain storage units from commercial to residential status, reducing what their owners pay in property taxes.

I can't even.

Inaugural Eviction Data Response Network Convening Highlights Tenacity of State and Local Champions The EDRN convening reinforced that localities need more resources and support for their critical data-driven eviction prevention work.

I was happy to participate in this event organized by the Future of Land and Housing program at the New America Foundation. A useful knowledge exchange to help support OSU CURA and JusticeTech's research and engagement on the housing affordability crisis in Ohio.

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

The rest of the world now has a (final) chance to show that “global” problems can still be solved collectively.

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

Opinion | Coal Is Unreliable, Expensive and Dirty. Trump Is Going All In.

Coal-fired power plants are essentially steam engines - a technology abandoned by railroads in the 1950s and 1960. They are outdated, expensive to run and maintain, and cannot easily respond to fluctuations in electricity demand.

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

“Ninety-eight per cent of forests in Ohio are privately-owned. Do we really need to be logging in the 2% that belongs to everyone?”

A true pioneer. Rest in power.

Picture of a hand holding a so called energy waffle sports food

Yeah, whatever, it’s a stroopwafel

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

Very interesting conversation on liberalism, democracy and what is the good life with Yuval Noah Harari, Maria Ressa and Rory Stewart

The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.

Report: A Third of Americans Can't Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — Streetsblog USA So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day?

More than one-third of Americans can't legally or physically drive, belong to households that can't afford a car, or otherwise can't rely on a personal vehicle to meet their daily travel needs, a new report finds — and that means millions of people are being left behind due to car-centric policies.

Not at the same time - different incidents

I say this as a person who has been hit by both a car and a bike while walking