Marcel Moran
@marcelmoran.com
San Francisco 🌁
City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Banner by Bellows.
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
(1/5)
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
(1/5)
Transit-oriented Development going up, Lake Merritt BART
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Transit-oriented Development going up, Lake Merritt BART
Art Fair, CCoA, Design District
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Art Fair, CCoA, Design District
Let's add more pedestrian refuge islands with trees! Super rare in SF. Off Geary.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Let's add more pedestrian refuge islands with trees! Super rare in SF. Off Geary.
I've always enjoyed writing, but it does increasingly feel like a revolutionary act. Don't let machines think for you.
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I've always enjoyed writing, but it does increasingly feel like a revolutionary act. Don't let machines think for you.
Good crowd and bustle in the Japan Center
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Good crowd and bustle in the Japan Center
Genuinely one of my favorite buildings in New York, and anywhere:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
Once Hated, Now Loved, a Brutalist Behemoth Gets a Makeover
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Genuinely one of my favorite buildings in New York, and anywhere:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
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This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up
San Francisco legend, legislative giant, amazing legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
San Francisco legend, legislative giant, amazing legacy
Really interesting chart from @sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Really interesting chart from @sfchronicle.com
A 34-yr old democratic socialist from Uganda was just elected mayor of the largest city and financial capital of the United States. NO BIGGIE ROSS, NO BIGGIE
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A 34-yr old democratic socialist from Uganda was just elected mayor of the largest city and financial capital of the United States. NO BIGGIE ROSS, NO BIGGIE
Reposted by Marcel Moran
Where are we on housing policy this election evening?
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate loses decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increase & develop 200k affordable units, wins NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC likely passed.
—Housing funding passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate loses decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increase & develop 200k affordable units, wins NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC likely passed.
—Housing funding passed in Columbus & Denver.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Where are we on housing policy this election evening?
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate loses decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increase & develop 200k affordable units, wins NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC likely passed.
—Housing funding passed in Columbus & Denver.
—NIMBY NJ Gubernatorial candidate loses decisively.
—Mamdani, promising to pause rent increase & develop 200k affordable units, wins NYC decisively.
—All pro-housing referendums in NYC likely passed.
—Housing funding passed in Columbus & Denver.
Reposted by Marcel Moran
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
Reposted by Marcel Moran
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
Wu stans where we at??
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Boston mayor Michelle Wu officially claims second term, cementing dominance in city - The Boston Globe
Mayor Michelle Wu ran unopposed, presiding unchallenged over Boston politics after a year in which it seemed her true political opposition was President Trump.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Wu stans where we at??
NYC BIKE LANES LES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
NYC BIKE LANES LES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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NYC hits 2 million votes, breaking the 1989 record (1.9M) and taking us back to records set in the 1960s!
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NYC hits 2 million votes, breaking the 1989 record (1.9M) and taking us back to records set in the 1960s!
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)
I used Direct File last tax season and it was easy and free so of course this administration wants to kill it.
The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I used Direct File last tax season and it was easy and free so of course this administration wants to kill it.
For the love of all that is holy, please do not give any of these screeds oxygen. Moving out of a large city is not newsworthy!
Just realized that every rich and racist New Yorker who’s threatening to leave if/when Mamdani gets elected will want to publish their own Goodbye to All That essay.
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For the love of all that is holy, please do not give any of these screeds oxygen. Moving out of a large city is not newsworthy!
And - eminently bikeable!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
London Travel Guide: Where to Eat, Neighborhoods to Visit and Hotels
From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
And - eminently bikeable!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...