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Marcel Moran

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San Francisco 🌁 Assistant Prof. at SJSU. City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Banner by Bellows.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · Jul 29

*Scaling Pedestrian Crossing Analysis to 100 Cities*

For better decisions about pedestrian infrastructure, we need data that is both accurate to the block level + scaled up to entire cities. Our new pre-print, pursues this with an advanced computer-vision model

arxiv.org/abs/2507.20497

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 15h

Publicly subsidizing on-street vehicle storage -- that's what "free" parking is -- unsurprisingly leads to these market distortions and negative outcomes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/n...

Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 22h

They would all lose their minds if a different POTUS sent in ntl guard troops to their states against their demands.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

Fresh Kermit - Downtown San Jose

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The intellectual core of NIMBYism will always be selfishness.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

Next commenter: someone against more density on Fourth Avenue. “We are not Manhattan.”

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing to see solar generate a record 39% of California’s electricity from January through July. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

www.canarymedia.com

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

Honored to have my research on illegal parking by NYPD precincts featured in the new report by New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler (@cmrestler.bsky.social)

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 1d

Really enjoyed this conference last year at NYU. Recommend

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

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Brigid Howe @bnhowe.bsky.social · 1d

And when we try to make changes, neighbors organize with rhetoric like this. Kemp Mill Civic Association is riling up fear of having to pay tickets (avoidable by not speeding) while people are killed on these roads. It’s disgusting.

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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 2d

What are we even doing here, Caltrans? An $11B project that will result in status quo or worse VMT. It accepts climate change as real, and then totally ignores one of the prime causes.

This state needs a complete reboot when it comes to transportation planning.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 2d

Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.

Cross section of 114' wide bridge structure with each direction having a 12' outside shoulder and a 10' inside shoulder.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

SoMa

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

Looks a lot like a street in Honfleur, France I stayed on this summer

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 2d

This is right next to the NY Supreme Court, and Jay St / Metrotech. Illegally parked cars, day after day, worsening pedestrian and bike safety.

Council Member Lincoln Restler @cmrestler.bsky.social · 3d

Our office released a new study highlighting rampant illegal parking across Downtown Brooklyn. Vehicles block sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes & loading zones - making it more dangerous for New Yorkers to get around the neighborhood.
www.lincolnrestler.nyc/s/Illegal-Pa...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

Since foreign students typically pay full freight this will raise tuitions or cut aide to American students

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.

The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 4d

The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 3d

Glen Canyon

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 11d

As Trump doubles down on a violent, fossil fuelled vision of US hegemony, China dominates all of the industries that underpin the renewables revolution, reshaping global politics. theconversation.com/goodbye-petr...