Truckee is experiencing a well documented housing crisis, but we lack a framework to evaluate potential interventions.
Truckee Regional Transit: Analysis
My eagerness to will bike and transit infrastructure into existence have translated into being a busy civic volunteer. So far the Truckee mayor and town council have graciously encouraged my ideas, to the point where I’m licensing modeling software and writing white papers on the weekends.
TRB: Transit Data Quality
With the California Integrated Travel Program, I published a research paper about how Caltrans is improving transit data quality across the state.
Bike Share, Where?
Many keys have been smashed about Mobility as a Service, the apparent overnight rise of bike share, and the risks of VC-driven transportation infrastructure, but less has been said about how we should evaluate these new systems.
Participatory Budgeting
What is Participatory Budgeting? How can cities use technology to expand participation, without diluting the experience of its positive effects? I explored these questions in an investigation for The Engine Room which has now been translated into three languages.
Unplanned Jungle Tech Detox
During a bumpy, hour-long motocab ride out of Iquitos, Peru, my iPhone popped out of my pocket, out of the loosely scaffolded vehicle, and onto the potholed and rocky street. By the time I realized it was gone, it was already dust.
Digital Democracy, Part I: Peru
Last month I joined Digital Democracy, an Oakland-based nonprofit that brings technology to indigenous communities in South America to protect their land rights and fight climate change. I’ve joined for a little while to advise them on how to grow their team. Yes, it is as cool as it sounds.
Oakland DOT
Oakland is having a transportation moment. To help keep the momentum going, I wrote two op-eds this month in support of the creation of Oakland’s first Department of Transportation.
TRB: Second Paper
I’m honored that this year the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of North America chose to accept my second paper. The topic: strategies to reduce rural vehicle-miles traveled (VMT).