Transportation policy and planning
- Atlanta fast-tracks its sustainable transportation goals, NRDC | August 2020
- Bike routes in name only, Walk Bike Nashville | January 2019
- Nashville transit system going through major transformation even after referendum failure, The Tennessean | December 2018
- Title VI is broken. Here’s how transit leaders can fix it, Next City | October 2018
- The Stark and Hopeful Facts of Bus Ridership, CityLab | May 2018
- Transit is Made for Walking, The Connection | Apr 2017
- It’s Not About the App, The Connection | Feb 2017
- Memo to MTA Board: You’re Measuring Performance Wrong, The Connection | Sept 2016
Sustainable development
- Climate Change + Transit, TransitCenter | January 2018
- Letters from COP21, The Connection | Dec 2015
- What’s the best way to bring electricity to everyone?, World Economic Forum | Feb 2015
- Resource use in the Chinese building sector, MIT | June 2014
Press quotes and published research
- Why Did Nashville’s 2018 Transit Plan Fail? New Report Dishes Out Sharp Criticisms, WPLN News – Nashville Public Radio | January 2020
- Report details demise of Nashville’s $5.4 billion transit plan, Nashville Business Journal | January 2020
- Why hype about driverless cars could threaten the future of public transport, Apolitical | April 2018
- Only a few American cities are growing transit ridership…, Streetsblog USA | Mar 2018
- Falling transit ridership poses ‘emergency’ for cities, experts fear, Washington Post | Mar 2018
- NYC buses get failing grades amid transit crisis, Patch | February 2018
- Where are the gaps in your transit system?, Streetsblog USA | February 2018
- How much time was spent on subway? MTA can now tell you, The New York Times | September 2017
- How should agencies respond to new mobility options? An excellent report, Human Transit | Oct 2016
- 3 tips for a hot, sexy, long-lasting relationship with a private mobility company, WIRED | September 2016
- Transit pros rebuild the NYC subway—in an online game, WIRED | August 2016
- How is your diet affecting climate change?, Street Roots (cover story) | March 2016
Podcasts and webinars
- Transportation in cities, Buildings + Beyond | July 2020
- Equitable public engagement practices, during COVID-19 and beyond, Nelson\Nygaard | May 2020
- One year later, a transit referendum post-mortem, Nashville Sounding Board | May 2019
- Food demand with Amanda Hong and Zak Accuardi, The Drawdown Agenda | July 2018
- Transportation for communities and a healthy planet, MIT ClimateX | December 2017
- Solving the First/Last Mile Problem, Remix | Apr 2017
- Talking Uber, Lyft, and Mobility Disruption with Zak Accuardi and Greg Lindsay, On Our Line | Feb 2017
Presentations
- Transit on the ballot: Do’s and don’ts for winning campaigns, TransitCenter | February 2020
- New transportation choices, same old streets?, Transit Citizens Leadership Academy | Sept 2018
- Strategic policy in the era of Uber, Lyft, and Microtransit, Mayors Innovation Project | May 2018
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