Harvey J. Miller

@mobileharv.bsky.social

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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.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7h

Check out this article from The Columbus Dispatch:

Columbus motorist drive like they are in 'Fast & Furious.' Pedestrians paying | Letters

www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Columbus motorist drive like they are in 'Fast & Furious.' Pedestrians paying | Letters

Letters: Columbus roads feel like racetracks. We have many reasons to fear ICE. Derrow's revisionist history doesn't fly.

www.dispatch.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7h

“Each death on our streets is part of an ongoing failure of the city to keep us safe. I think it’s time we started acting like it.”

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 14h

Someday, their names will live in infamy.

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

www.nytimes.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 1d

Can we continue to grow economically while staying within planetary limits? Or are there limits to growth? Excellent article with lots of data on the green growth vs post-growth debates

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?

Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

www.theguardian.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 6d

Dear public transit agencies - stop doing this to your bus windows. There are people inside.

PULSE Dempster line, Chicago

A bus window mostly opaque due to outside application

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 6d

Fare-free public transit offers social, economic, operational, and environmental benefits to communities. This decision should be left to public transit authorities, not imposed from above.

DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.

A proposal from the Trump administration would restrict federal funding for cities that don't charge fares.

www.politico.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 7d

The flush-mounted pop-out door handle was first popularized by Elon Musk

China to ban hidden car door handles on all EVs over crash safety concerns

Sleek car doors reduce vehicle drag but are prone to losing operability in the event of a crash, officials say

www.theguardian.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 9d

A tale of two transportation networks: one cared for, the other neglected

A snow covered sidewalk next to a clear road

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 10d

The sidewalks of Columbus. This is King Ave next to a bus stop. Had no choice but to cross the street mid block. Drivers had no empathy for our plight

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 11d

Coalie is a big reason the planet is already 1.3 degrees Celsius hotter than preindustrial averages. Coalie is also a leading source of acid rain, smog, mercury and other pollution.

Meet ‘Coalie,’ the Lethal Mascot for Dirty Energy

To the extent American children have a relationship with coal, it’s usually a negative one. Every kid knows the worst thing you can get on Christmas morning is a lump of the bituminous stuff as harsh ...

www.bloomberg.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 12d

It is not easy being a pedestrian right now in Columbus. It is absolutely debilitating if you use a walking assistance device or a wheelchair. This photo is from the OSU medical campus which is as good as it gets in the entire city

A crosswalk blocked by a small mountain of snow

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 12d

AI will not save us. In fact, the opposite.

US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate

Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet

www.theguardian.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 12d

But the sidewalks are still hell

Columbus leaders say plows have reached all roads as cleanup continues

Columbus leaders say plows have now reached every street in Columbus that the city maintains as of the morning of Jan. 28.

www.dispatch.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 12d

With help from Ride with GPS, Bikepacking put together a map featuring the growing number of rides to celebrate and remember Alex Pretti this Saturday. There are already more than 75 events organized in Canada, Germany, Austria, Finland, Australia, and all across the United States.

This Weekend, We Ride in Remembrance of Alex Pretti (+ Event Map)

Bike shops and groups across the United States are hosting memorial rides this weekend for slain bikepacker Alex Pretti...

bikepacking.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, it is sadly indicative of the city

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 13d

In Columbus, things are getting back to normal for drivers. But for pedestrians it is still a snow emergency

Snow covered sidewalk with crosswalk blocked by a pile of snow left by a snow plow operator

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 13d

Once demolished, the developer wants to replace the buildings with…wait for it…grass. I guess it’s better than a surface parking lot, but barely. Why can’t we preserve historical buildings in this city?

Developer requests demolition of three downtown Columbus buildings - Columbus Business First

The buildings are currently for sale after the owner's planned redevelopment project stalled.

www.bizjournals.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 14d

A wealth of scientific expertise and knowledge has been lost

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

www.science.org

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 14d

Weather may have thwarted their visit to Columbus* but you can still hear Doug and Sarah from @thewaroncars.bsky.social on WOSU All Sides with Amy Juravich this morning.

*We are working on rescheduling. Stay tuned!

Can Americans get along with without cars?

Co-authors and podcast co-hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon look at the damage cars have had on our society and better modes of transportation.

www.wosu.org

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, more parking is what this city needs. 🤪

Downtown Columbus property owner requests building be demolished for more parking - Columbus Business First

A downtown Columbus property owner wants to demolish a vacant, century-old building to make way for more parking.

www.bizjournals.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 15d

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 15d

Great article. Yes, we can, even in Columbus. And oh the irony that the events were cancelled due to our transportation system being paralyzed by a storm

Even cities as auto dependent as Columbus can imagine ‘Life After Cars’ – Matter News

There’s certainly some irony in a visit from ‘The War on Cars’ podcast hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon being canceled by a Level 3 snow emergency that prevented drivers from taking to the road on...

matternews.org

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 15d

This is my favorite.

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 17d

“We have a very focused and intense effort across the board to set America back a generation, at least, for education, health, research, climate policy.”

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

www.theatlantic.com

Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 19d

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are experiencing high levels of water stress, with 39 of these sitting in regions of “extremely high water stress”, new analysis and mapping has shown.