Harvey J. Miller
@mobileharv.bsky.social
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.
https://u.osu.edu/miller.81/ ..
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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.
https://u.osu.edu/miller.81/
Engineering
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Computer science
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“…Getting emissions to near zero will be incredibly, maddeningly difficult. It will be ugly. There will be losers. Ultimately, though, there will be many more winners. “
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
“The Earth, of course, is indifferent to what’s politically possible, and where it’s headed is still dangerous for humanity. The planet has seen entire living worlds wiped away by warming many times before, and there’s no reason to think it’s sentimental about organized industrial society… 🧵
www.nbc4i.com
Yesterday, I saw a good example of the problem: a driver exiting 315 did the right thing by stopping for people in the crossing. The driver behind almost rear-ended that car, and then leaned on the horn in apparent anger, trying to get the first driver to keep going.
Fix this, Columbus.
Fix this, Columbus.
Reposted by Harvey J. Miller, Robert C. Richards
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Transit Columbus and Spin are pleased to announce a special live event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars podcast. They will discuss their new book, Life After Cars and answer questions.
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Opening of New Section of Olentangy Trail Spurs Safety Concerns - Columbus Underground
The newest section of the Olentangy Trail opened last weekend in Clintonville, but some of the first cyclists, runners and pedestrians to try it out are raising safety concerns. First proposed in 2018...
columbusunderground.com
2023: Project planners told CU that Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) at signal changes will be installed.
2025: “The LPI wasn’t implemented because it wasn’t aligned with the city’s traffic safety standards,” said a spokesperson for the Recreation and Parks Department.
We deserve better.
2025: “The LPI wasn’t implemented because it wasn’t aligned with the city’s traffic safety standards,” said a spokesperson for the Recreation and Parks Department.
We deserve better.
The City of Columbus likes to applaud its Vision Zero initiative but it’s like applying bandages on a stabbing victim while they are still being stabbed. The bandages are important, of course, but we also need to stop the stabbing.
Interesting. It’s 2025 and we need to demand better from Columbus DPS
So what is the tl;dr here? Is the city and state violating their own safety standards? Or are they in compliance meaning we are stuck with this debacle and need to pressure them into adopting better safety standards?
I would like to know what standards they are following. Any safety standard that allows cars exiting a highway to drive through a crosswalk while pedestrians and cyclists have a walk sign is not a standard that our city should be following
Harvey Miller: Mapping the Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus | Voices of Excellence
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Old maps -> AI + GIS -> VR historical neighborhoods! Podcast with David Staley about the Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project, and other cool stuff at the OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA)
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Olentangy Trail crosswalk raises safety concerns for pedestrians, cyclists
The crosswalk is on the east side of the intersection of West North Broadway and OhioHealth Parkway.
www.10tv.com
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department response: “This crossing was designed using the City’s traffic safety standards, which follow national best practices.” 🤦♂️
Thousands of toxic sites across US face risk of coastal flooding
Study finds rising seas could flood facilities handling waste, sewage, and oil and gas – and coastal states most at risk
www.theguardian.com
More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research.
I’m not convinced that’s the issue. The main problem is the traffic controls. We need to look towards the city’s department of public services or (more likely since it involves route 315) ODOT. To me, this is yet another example of traffic engineers prioritizing driver convenience over human lives
People are not happy with the new, dangerous crossing of the Olentangy Trail at N Broadway in Columbus, for good reason. It’s 2025 and we should be doing better than this.
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
You may not recognize the climate crisis but the housing market does.
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
“Horrifying.” The human cost of prioritizing US corporate interests over the lives of people around the globe.
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
GenAI risks contributing to the erasure of systems of understanding that have evolved over centuries. What’s at stake is the resilience and diversity of knowledge itself. Great read!
When the new Broadway crossing of the Olentangy Trail in Columbus was proposed, the local bike community expressed concerns and ask for changes. But instead we got a dangerous crossing that we have to beg the city to retroactively fix. Why can’t this city just do the right thing in the first place?
Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer
America Is Taking the Train
Airport chaos is leading people to ride the Amtrak. Will they stick with it?
www.theatlantic.com
A great way to take pressure off our beleaguered air transportation system is to fix our passenger rail system
Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? (Gift Article)
The nation’s busiest transit hub stands as a symbol of a condition that afflicts so many attempts to get big things done in America: inertia.
www.nytimes.com
The saga of Penn Station: why we can’t have nice things in America
Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
www.nytimes.com
“A human driver can be held accountable, can hop out, say sorry, can be tracked down by police if it’s a hit-and-run. Here, there is no one to hold accountable.”
72 Years Later, the Greatest Quote in Western Movie History Is Still Untouchable
Many great Westerns contributed big moments, but one small quote from a classic is still the best of the genre.
www.cbr.com
Greatest. Western. Ever. Thank you, I will not be taking questions.
@OSUCURA is in the house for the November Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) breakfast at The OSU. This month’s theme: Emerging GIS Applications for Community and Environmental Health
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
A longish read, but absolutely worth your time: a glimpse at a future that is not so far away, unless we act now on climate mitigation - and adaptation
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
This would be catastrophic for human civilization. It’s not too late but we must act now.
We are approaching the second anniversary of this hard-hitting investigative article being posted at my Columbus Dispatch app. Why won’t it go away? How do I get rid of it? Serious questions
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems.