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Harvey J. Miller
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Time geography and geospatial analytics for sustainable mobility and livable cities.

Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), The Ohio State University. All opinions mine not theirs.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 3h
They are fighting a one-time 5% tax on wealth over $1 billion.
Peter Thiel makes $3m donation to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax
Ballot proposes one-time, 5% tax on anyone in state worth more than $1bn and grant a five-year period for payment
www.theguardian.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 2d
$100 billion investment over a decade for low quality crude at a time when oil prices are low and will likely drop in the future
Big Oil Knows That Trump’s Venezuela Plans Are Delusional
The president’s thinking is stuck in the 1980s.
www.theatlantic.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 2d
Five experts paint stark, sobering visions of what’s next.
Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What? (Gift Article)
With the president’s actions in Venezuela, we’re entering a new era. Here’s what it could look like.
www.nytimes.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 3d
Bipartisan efforts by senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed Trump cuts to science funding and even boosting funds for basic research.
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 5d
Trump’s retreat on climate cooperation comes as the United States’ main rival on the world stage, China, has come to dominate the clean energy technologies of the future.
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
www.nytimes.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 5d
A one-time, 5% emergency billionaire tax. That’s it. And yet they whine.
Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California
State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcare
www.theguardian.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 6d
Car brain on alcohol
emilykerr36.bsky.social Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 6d
Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible.

It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.

Also let's improve walking routes!

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 6d
Yes, all this 👇
The Best Thing About Giving Up Your Car? According to Commuters, It’s Almost Everything
The cost of living is skyrocketing and time is at a premium, and that's why more and more people are taking a look at car-light and car-free lifestyles.
momentummag.com

Reposted by Harvey J. Miller

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 6d
Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible.

It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.

Also let's improve walking routes!

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 6d
Climate-heating emissions from aviation could be slashed in half – without reducing passenger journeys – by getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using the most efficient aircraft, according to analysis
Revealed: how aviation emissions could be halved without cutting journeys
Exclusive: Getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using efficient aircraft could slash CO2, analysis suggests
www.theguardian.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7d
Yay tap to pay!
COTA riders can now use credit, debit cards to pay, transfer on buses
COTA riders will now be able to pay with a wide variety of electronic payment methods.
www.dispatch.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7d
cura.osu.edu/events/perso...
In Person Live Event! | Life After Cars with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon
This January, the hosts of the acclaimed podcast The War on Cars, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, will join us for a live discussion about their new book, Life After Cars. This engaging conversation w...
cura.osu.edu

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7d
Columbus! Get tickets now for the live, in-person appearance of Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars before it is sold out. Link in the thread
Advertisement for Sarah Goodyear and Dog Gordon from The War on Cars appearance in Columbus Ohio, Wexner Center for the Arts, January 27, 6:30pm

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7d
Congestion pricing works. Again.
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 8d
Deep budget cuts and massive firing sprees shrank emergency response agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), considered a global crown jewel for climate science.
‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say
Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters
www.theguardian.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 10d
💯! South High Street is a menace due to its width and high vehicle speeds. This isolates the Brewery District from German Village.

“For starters, both South High Street and South Front Street need traffic calming measures implemented immediately.”
Let's Make The Brewery District Great Again - Columbus Underground
The Short North, Franklinton, Olde Towne East, German Village... these neighborhoods that ring Downtown Columbus have all shown signs of improvement over the past decade or two. The Brewery District o...
columbusunderground.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 11d
Enabling self-driving vehicles is an army of unseen, low paid workers in developing countries who manually label imagery to train the AI

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Opinion | Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes
www.nytimes.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 13d
‘In 2025, divisions have sadly deepened. At a time when humanity is faced with immense global challenges, we have been pushed further into boxes of “us v them”.’
A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together | Elif Shafak
The challenges and strains have been almost too much to take. But in 2025, words of depth and courage have been an antidote to numbness, says novelist and political scientist, Elif Shafak
www.theguardian.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 13d
Uncertainty about funding and graduate programs means scientists are lowering their horizons
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
www.theatlantic.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 14d
Got to admire his sense of style and symbolism!

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/n...
Mamdani Will Be Sworn In at Abandoned Subway Station Beneath City Hall
www.nytimes.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 17d
The proposal calls for California residents worth more than $1 billion to be taxed the equivalent of 5 percent of their assets. 5%! They’ll still be fabulously wealthy.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
www.nytimes.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 20d
So few of the streets in Columbus are safe for bicycling
New Map Shows Need for Safer Streets in Central Ohio - Columbus Underground
In the process of writing Columbus in 50 Maps (available at your local bookstore!), myself and my co-author, cartographer Vicky Johnson-Dahl, came up with lots of ideas for maps that didn’t end up in ...
columbusunderground.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 21d
It is worth pointing out once again that High St near the OSU campus in Columbus had protected bike lanes in 1986; something that is apparently impossible today. See screenshot in the thread.

www.columbusnavigator.com/1986-columbu...
This 1986 Footage from OSU's Campus Is Absolutely Wild
10/10 for the people watching alone.
www.columbusnavigator.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 21d
Another example of cars as brittle technologies
The Huge Problem Waymo Didn’t See Coming
A blackout in San Francisco revealed a new way for robotaxis to go wrong.
www.theatlantic.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 21d
We are creating brittle technologies in an era that calls for robustness and resilience
After Power Outage, San Francisco Wonders: Can Robot Taxis Handle a Big Earthquake?
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Harvey J. Miller

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Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 21d
The fact that I was made to watch an ad for an SUV before accessing this (terrifying and enlightening) video says so much about so much.
Screenshot of YouTube ad showing a large car (according to the ad, a Chery TIGGO 8) driving through the countryside

Reposted by Harvey J. Miller, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Ian Butler

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21d
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtube.com

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 21d
Future historians, if there are any, will look and say “why did they slit their own throats?”
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com

mobileharv.bsky.social
Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 24d
The climate is breaking down
ghostpanther.bsky.social Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 24d
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
Radar image showing a tornado warning in Hawaii.

Reposted by Harvey J. Miller

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 24d
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
Radar image showing a tornado warning in Hawaii.