Transportation researcher, professor, author of "Politics Across the Hudson", Last Subway", "Mobilizing the Metropolis". Fulbright scholar. Opinions my own.
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Joined January 2015
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SF may need to slash service on light rail, street cars, buses, and trains. Voters can vote on 2 ballot measures to bail out the system. I just wrote about the one that I find fascinating. enotrans.org/article/getting…
Biggest news coming out of Illinois since a White Sox fan became pope. New head of Chicago's new transit agency. @streetsblogchi . @greenfieldjohn @talia_soglin
After 1993 World Trade Center bombing, two security teams examined how terrorists might attack the complex again. Including by air. @EnoTrans looks at 9/11 and transportation -- 25 years later. enotrans.org/article/about-t…
Philip Mark Plotch retweeted
Instead of a regular issue of ETW this week, we have a special edition focusing on the changes that the 9.11 attacks brought to transportation, assembled by my colleague @profplotch with tons of expert content: enotrans.org/eno-transportat…
Philip Mark Plotch retweeted
Check out @APA_Planning's article on the Transit Abundance Playbook, highlighting @profplotch's article on knowledge sharing among agencies:
planning.org/blog/9334930/is…
Do you know why many transit agencies are NOT documenting the lessons they learn from managing large projects????planning.org/blog/9334930/is…
Special edition: How transportation agencies and their leaders responded to 9/11, the lasting effects of the attacks on transportation, and the critical insights that have become clearer with time. enotrans.org/eno-transportat…
I am really proud of @EnoTrans special edition: 25 Years After 9/11: Transportation Responses, Lasting Impacts, and Critical Lessons. enotrans.org/issue/special-e…
Delighted to have been on the most recent Talking Headways / @StreetsblogUSA) podcast. streetsblog.libsyn.com/episo….
The podcast takes a deep dive into urban design and transportation policy issues. And check out @theoverheadwire.
Whoa. In letter to Congressional leaders, US DOT Secretary just asked for more $ for Penn Station. And, he wants to rename it. He didn't say what name he wants, but I have a feeling I know. #PennStation #Amtrak
In @EnoTranspoWkly: 250 years after we declared independence, some things haven't changed. enotrans.org/article/250-yea…
Thank you @RepMaxwellFrost for leading national efforts to improve transit. And for speaking at our event. brookings.edu/events/driving…
Just released a report with @CALSTART and @BrookingsMetro to help transit agencies buy higher quality buses for less money and get them delivered faster. See enotrans.org/article/new-rep…
When government agencies are afraid to share the lessons they learn -- we are all doomed to repeat their mistakes.
My article at ifp.org/share-the-truth-abou…
Thanks to @IFP and @AidanRMackenzie and @willpoffwebster
New report. And an event to go along with it. brookings.edu/events/driving…
This 1978 video is fascinating for so many reasons. The Village People singing YMCA on old abandoned piers in NYC's Greenwich Village. youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5…
I loved my webinar this week with press folks. See article about it at enotrans.org/article/five-th…
18 minutes til great free webinar (from my favorite non-profit): How transportation news is shaped and covered by reporters and government officials. enotrans.org/events/transpor…
@rachelswan, Andrew Hawkins, @CommutingLarry, Jawauna Greene.
It's going to be a great 1-hour webinar (and it's free): How transportation news is shaped and covered by reporters and government officials.
enotrans.org/events/transpor…
@rachelswan, Andrew Hawkins, @CommutingLarry, Jawauna Greene from @starledger, @SFChronicle, @Verge, @MarylandDOT