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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 1d

Like, I need to call them with a hot tip that some students send emails to ask about stuff that’s already explained in the syllabus.

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, the thing where literally anything going on at Harvard warrants coverage by NYT is getting out of hand…

New York Times headline about Harvard students not going to class.

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 4d

I’m doing some work with a proposed walkability metric and it seems to punch well above its weight because of its relatively small footprint (much of the town is in walking distance of the rest of the town) and dense downtown grid.

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 5d

Tenure-track professorship in human mobility, at Denmark’s Technical University (DTU).

Highly recommended place for research, teaching and the benefits of working and living in (slightly north of) Copenhagen. #dktrp #dkjob
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Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human Mobility - DTU Management

Are your interests within understanding and modelling of human mobility, smart mobility services, and assessment of new business models for better and more sustainable mobility solutions.

efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 5d

Have any of you been to Elko, Nevada? Is it nice there?

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 5d

The federal shutdown has already affected me! Census Tract TIGER 2024 shapefiles are not available for New Jersey. Other states are fine. Other years are fine too. I can get 2022 tracts for New Jersey no problem, and they should be the same as 2024. But still.

Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 7d

Sunday was a rough day for us members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’m so heartbroken for the families - and the ward family - in Grand Blanc, Michigan. President Nelson was a voice for peace and he will be missed.

McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins.bsky.social · 7d

On the death of a prophet, a church shooting in Michigan, and what I learned from President Russell M. Nelson. This was a difficult piece to write. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Shooter and the Prophet

Russell M. Nelson, the Latter-day Saint prophet who preached the need for peacemakers in an angry world, died over the weekend. Then a gunman opened fire on a church in Michigan.

www.theatlantic.com

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 11d

I’m not sure I understand what you’re arguing against. That a street map atlas shouldn’t have a street index? Are you referring to something other than the pages where you would look up the name of a street to find out what page of the atlas it’s on?

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 12d

I mean there are 5,819 higher education institutions in the United States, so sure, but they’re making 895 assistant professor hires in late September?

Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · 12d

LinkedIn is trying to tell me 895 people in the United Stated were hired as assistant to professors in the past week. I’m skeptical.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 21d

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Sep 5

When I read this in The Emperor of All Maladies: “The risk of not having a mammogram until after age 50 is about the same as riding a bicycle for 15 hours without a helmet.” I wanted to yell: “In what city?” There is not much danger inherent to cycling. It’s the environment that’s dangerous.

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Aug 13

I love that this thread was immediately followed in my feed by a WSJ article about how to make car travel less unpleasant.

Screenshot of Tab’s thread, followed by WSJ headline “Do you suffer from motion sickness in a car? Help may be on the way.”

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Aug 8

Are we talking about a regular bike or a cargo bike?

Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jul 29

Absolutely. There’s been a huge shift among those who walk to school where they are more likely to be accompanied by a (usually female) parent. Note that walking a kid to school is even more time consuming than driving them. A safe street is one that a child can navigate independently.

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · Jul 28

safe routes to school and other programs for mobility for kids also have a stealthy and underdiscussed gender component as well. It's typically moms who do the overwhelming amount of child-portaging. i think there's a case to be made that not unlike universe childcare, SRTS is feminist policy

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · Jul 28

One of the most unheralded parts of making streets safer for children is the amount of time it frees up for parents.

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Robert Haider @roberthaider.bsky.social · Jul 24

Supportive anecdata: since I got my new e-bike three months ago, I've put nearly 900 miles on it and roughly 25 miles on our car.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Jul 24

that's right!

e-bikes replace *car* trips

they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet

governments should be giving them away

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Jul 24

Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:

"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is a real loss.

Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hani Mahmassani has passed. An excellent scholar, leader and, famously, an advisor. He was so nice to me, a true gentleman.
I saw him two weeks ago and meant to ask him about an old paper. Oh well.
www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/article...

Professor Hani Mahmassani Passes Away

Mahmassani, who passed away July 15 at age 69, will be remembered for his expertise in transportation logistics and ability to communicate charismatically and clearly to the public.

www.mccormick.northwestern.edu

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Jul 10

New drawing: Hire bike

Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

Cartoon showing street scene with lots of cars, some of which are on or blocking pavements. One bike is also parked on a pavement. A couple are saying ‘Look - someone’s left a hire bike on the pavement’.

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is great. At its best, a university is not only a place to be exposed to new ideas and perspectives but also an environment that is conducive to changing your mind (i.e. learning and growing). This is true for all scholars, from undergraduate students to tenured professors.

Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hey! With a quote from @gregmacfarlane.bsky.social !

The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · Jul 9

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Did Two University of Utah Professors Use AI to Take SLC's Streets Away? link.theoverheadwire.com/mpn9c @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Did Two University of Utah Professors Use AI to Take SLC's Streets Away?

Alleged air quality expert Daniel Mendoza was the lead author on a paper that was used to justify a bill that blocks SLC's ability to make its streets safer.

link.theoverheadwire.com

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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · Jul 9

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Did Two University of Utah Professors Use AI to Take SLC's Streets Away? link.theoverheadwire.com/mpn9c @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social

Did Two University of Utah Professors Use AI to Take SLC's Streets Away?

Alleged air quality expert Daniel Mendoza was the lead author on a paper that was used to justify a bill that blocks SLC's ability to make its streets safer.

link.theoverheadwire.com

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jul 3

Question for my fellow middle-aged women: Did your feet grow by like a whole shoe size when you were in your 40s? Is this a thing that happens?

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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · Jun 29

The Human Ecology division (part of the department of Human Geography) at Lund University is hiring a Senior Lecturer. This is a tenured position in a workplace with a strong tradition of critical research.

Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology

Specific subject description The Human Ecology Division applies an inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations

lu.varbi.com

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Carole Voulgaris @voulgaris.bsky.social · Jun 27

A police officer pulled me over on my bike for turning left through a pedestrian scramble phase, and that’s all it takes for me to go from being a vaguely centrist law-and-order type to just full defund-the-police.

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