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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 30m

"Out of this disruption, there is an opportunity to build new, more resilient networks for research, collaboration, and public impact—networks that are insulated from political winds and grounded in shared commitments to scientific integrity, justice, and the public good." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

U.S. transportation research at a crossroads

Science in the United States has become increasingly politicized, with a wave of recent federal grant terminations and censorship of equity and climat…

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 20h

I'm excited to be presenting on research from my forthcoming book, Schools for Sale: Disinvestment, Dispossession, and School Building Reuse in Philadelphia on Nov 7th ata the APA Public Schools and Communities Division School Planning Summit! lnkd.in/eYxCPTtH
@umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 20h

safemobility.ca

SafeMobility – Predictive Safety Planning for Cities

SafeMobility helps municipalities identify and prioritize risk zones for pedestrian and cyclist safety with predictive analytics and urban data.

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 20h

Maybe MoCo can call this guy.

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 21h

I'm reading a history of the US Postal Service and learned that Wells Fargo has been exploiting people for profit since its inception: In 1852, "its customers paid twice for their mail, but in a state with little gov't delivery, they didn't have a choice."

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 22h

Unfortunately, we know what to do: train the pipeline of DOT planners and engineers differently; write policy and manuals with actual residents who have expertise in their daily lives that can augment the technical engineering models; etc. It's a political will / ego problem not a knowledge gap.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 23h

Maybe cities should restrict driving to essential trips on Halloween

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 23h

Halloween accidents and polar coordinates.

Halloween in the Round

Last year I wrote about cleaning some data from the NHTSA’s FARS system, tracks information about road accidents in the United States. I did that again this year for my Modern Plain Text Computing cla...

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Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley @ternerhousing.bsky.social · 12d

Career opportunity: The Terner Center is seeking a Senior Research Associate to help advance the understanding and expansion of innovative and industrialized construction methods to improve and expand housing delivery. Please help us spread the word: ow.ly/4g2O50WYgKK

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 5d

Appreciated this piece - thank you! I'm curious if you have any thoughts on the role of race? Coates's anchors are Black political movements and thinkers. And the "bright kid syndrome" seems deeply connected to Whiteness and its ties to American exceptionalism.

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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 5d

Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back

Mychal Threets, a social media star librarian, is hosting the new iteration of the series. It's back for four episodes starting on Saturday.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 9d

Excited about this. Like that gerrymandering board game but for school boundaries.

Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 13d

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.

www.newamerica.org

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 13d

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.

www.newamerica.org

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 13d

The snail got to Toad’s house and gave him the letter from Frog. Toad was very pleased to have it.

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 14d

@thetattooedprof.bsky.social's latest in the Chronicle - on welcoming AI critics to the table when deliberating on policy - is spot on: www.chronicle.com/article/some...

Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons

Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.

www.chronicle.com

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 16d

Why are parents carrying so much of the burden of the delivery of public goods - clean air, public education, healthy kids and teachers. These are policy and budgetary choices not forgone conclusions.

Aaron Collins @masknerd.bsky.social · 16d

Clean air is not complicated, and costs less than $10 per kid per year to do. This is the 4th year of managing this for my son's school. What happens when he moves to the next school, who will keep doing this for the other kids? We need clean air standards and legislation.

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 19d

My article in @shelterforce.bsky.social has been turned into a "podcast"! (Really it's just me reading my article, but I'm excited nonetheless.)

Shelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · 19d

Listen to how Baltimore’s school rebuilding program aimed to strengthen neighborhoods. 🎧https://apple.co/4mTCCSV
#CommunityDevelopment #EducationJustice

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 22d

nj.gov/state/bac/pl...

State Planning Rules, Legislation, Laws, Act and Executive Orders

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 22d

The NJ state planning act may be interesting to look at? It created the kind of priority development areas around TODs and incentive structures for local jurisdictions starting in the 1990s.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 23d

Some days the biggest threat to my family’s ability to get to school safely on foot or bike is the behavior of some parents who drive.

It scares me that these drivers are willing to drive so unsafely at their own kids’ school, where they are likely to know the families they’re threatening.

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Comic of two parents’ holding a kids’ hands in front of a car with text THERE IS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR BILLY TO WALK TO SCHOOL;
SO WE DRIVE HIM.

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 23d

Request - who would be a good guest speaker for my class who can talk about New York's congestion pricing? Maybe even two different folks if needed, one more on the technical aspects and stats, and one who can speak to the policy and politics side. Please let me know if this is you & please share!

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Tab Combs @drtcombs.bsky.social · 25d

Ask: I'm hoping to find someone to talk to a graduate-level planning class on traffic signal plans, with an emphasis on #pedestrian and #bicycle mobility and #safety*

*actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety

Grateful for suggestions!

@bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 23d

@philipncohen.com ?

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Sarah W. Lenhoff @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 26d

@philipncohen.com maybe of interest to you.

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Ariel Bierbaum @arielbphd.bsky.social · 26d

Here are some of the presentations from my transportation planning colleagues at the upcoming academic planning conference...

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