Nick Klein
@njklein.bsky.social
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University.
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The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
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SB2111 in Illinois also:
—Eliminates all parking requirements in areas within 1/2 mi of transit stations or 1/8 mi of frequent bus routes.
—Gives transit agencies the ability to undertake transit-supportive development, including through purchasing new land and developing joint development projects.
—Eliminates all parking requirements in areas within 1/2 mi of transit stations or 1/8 mi of frequent bus routes.
—Gives transit agencies the ability to undertake transit-supportive development, including through purchasing new land and developing joint development projects.
Good morning!
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources.
The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.
Statement from the RTA: "The passage of SB2111 is a landmark moment for public transit in Illinois."
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
SB2111 in Illinois also:
—Eliminates all parking requirements in areas within 1/2 mi of transit stations or 1/8 mi of frequent bus routes.
—Gives transit agencies the ability to undertake transit-supportive development, including through purchasing new land and developing joint development projects.
—Eliminates all parking requirements in areas within 1/2 mi of transit stations or 1/8 mi of frequent bus routes.
—Gives transit agencies the ability to undertake transit-supportive development, including through purchasing new land and developing joint development projects.
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We're excited to announce a series of guest blog posts by our PGR prize winners from this year's #RGSIBG25 conference! ✍️ 📜
First post, first place, Yi Fan Liu @yifan-liu.bsky.social:
🚘Why does gender matter in car-sharing services? 🚗
Read her post here! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/10/20/p...
First post, first place, Yi Fan Liu @yifan-liu.bsky.social:
🚘Why does gender matter in car-sharing services? 🚗
Read her post here! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/10/20/p...
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We're excited to announce a series of guest blog posts by our PGR prize winners from this year's #RGSIBG25 conference! ✍️ 📜
First post, first place, Yi Fan Liu @yifan-liu.bsky.social:
🚘Why does gender matter in car-sharing services? 🚗
Read her post here! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/10/20/p...
First post, first place, Yi Fan Liu @yifan-liu.bsky.social:
🚘Why does gender matter in car-sharing services? 🚗
Read her post here! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/10/20/p...
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This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
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Bored with TRB's censorship and cancellations?
Submit your work to the Crossroads Convening on Transportation Equity and Justice instead -- proposals due October 25.
www.crossroadsconvening.org
Submit your work to the Crossroads Convening on Transportation Equity and Justice instead -- proposals due October 25.
www.crossroadsconvening.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Bored with TRB's censorship and cancellations?
Submit your work to the Crossroads Convening on Transportation Equity and Justice instead -- proposals due October 25.
www.crossroadsconvening.org
Submit your work to the Crossroads Convening on Transportation Equity and Justice instead -- proposals due October 25.
www.crossroadsconvening.org
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the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
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Hearing reports that TRB is censoring annual meeting content. Authors are receiving a "Notice of Non-Selection" when notified that their papers were not sent out for review. Esp shitty for students who submitted work on Aug 1 only to wait two months for no reviews. Shameful behavior by TRB.
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hearing reports that TRB is censoring annual meeting content. Authors are receiving a "Notice of Non-Selection" when notified that their papers were not sent out for review. Esp shitty for students who submitted work on Aug 1 only to wait two months for no reviews. Shameful behavior by TRB.
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TREATED AND 'STREETED': "The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net amounts to a badly frayed patchwork of systems that still cannot reliably get New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis from subway platforms to hospital beds, a Streetsblog investigation has found." - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/23/t...
'Treated and Streeted': How The City's Safety Net Fails Homeless People in the Subway - Streetsblog New York City
The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net cannot reliably get a homeless person in psychiatric crisis out of the subway and into a hospital bed, a Streetsblog investigation has found.
nyc.streetsblog.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
TREATED AND 'STREETED': "The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net amounts to a badly frayed patchwork of systems that still cannot reliably get New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis from subway platforms to hospital beds, a Streetsblog investigation has found." - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/23/t...
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This is an absolutely brilliant paper that I can only recommend to all those interested in transport poverty/equity but also in sustainable transport/climate, and on how to reconcile the two.
I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
September 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is an absolutely brilliant paper that I can only recommend to all those interested in transport poverty/equity but also in sustainable transport/climate, and on how to reconcile the two.
I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
I can only hope that it will have the impact it deserve
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...
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When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.
"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."
September 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.
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Love this campaign from @mountainkeeper.bsky.social fighting a proposed highway expansion in New York’s Hudson Valley by presenting an irresistible vision of all the useful transportation upgrades $1.4b could bring to the region instead.
www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/invest_in_ou...
www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/invest_in_ou...
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Love this campaign from @mountainkeeper.bsky.social fighting a proposed highway expansion in New York’s Hudson Valley by presenting an irresistible vision of all the useful transportation upgrades $1.4b could bring to the region instead.
www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/invest_in_ou...
www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/invest_in_ou...
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I tracked down source of a TikTok i saw about horrific car pick up lane in a Tennessee school district. And it is true. Parents arriving by noon to wait in line for hours, doordashing food as they wait, etc.
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
Traffic near Loudon County schools stirs frustration, raises safety concerns with few immediate fixes
For years, school drop off and pickup lines at Eaton Elementary and North Middle School have frustrated drivers, backing up traffic on two highways.
www.wbir.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I tracked down source of a TikTok i saw about horrific car pick up lane in a Tennessee school district. And it is true. Parents arriving by noon to wait in line for hours, doordashing food as they wait, etc.
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
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This project documents Black travel networks & resilience. Your memories can power the research! Learn more and add to this growing body of work: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
How did Black families travel during Jim Crow? Learn the history
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
How did Black families travel during Jim Crow? Learn the history
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This project documents Black travel networks & resilience. Your memories can power the research! Learn more and add to this growing body of work: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
How did Black families travel during Jim Crow? Learn the history
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
How did Black families travel during Jim Crow? Learn the history
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A few days ago, Berlin opened a new stretch of urban motorway, with the stated aim to reduce congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
August 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A few days ago, Berlin opened a new stretch of urban motorway, with the stated aim to reduce congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
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Conservatives now control federal research funding. The next step: actually manipulating research. A conservative law firm is demanding Brown retract research showing connections between anti-wind groups and the fossil fuel industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
August 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Conservatives now control federal research funding. The next step: actually manipulating research. A conservative law firm is demanding Brown retract research showing connections between anti-wind groups and the fossil fuel industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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EXCLUSIVE: In response to threats of criminal prosecution from the Department of Justice for performing gender-affirming care, the University of Michigan hospital system will tomorrow announce they are ending gender-affirming care in the UM hospital system. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/univers...
The University of Michigan Will End Gender Affirming Care for Minors Amid Trump Admin Legal Onslaught
The Trump administration has strong-armed the University of Michigan’s statewide hospital system...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In response to threats of criminal prosecution from the Department of Justice for performing gender-affirming care, the University of Michigan hospital system will tomorrow announce they are ending gender-affirming care in the UM hospital system. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/univers...
Massive service cuts in Philadelphia yesterday and are just the beginning. Public schools start today and many students rely on SEPTA.
Unless state and local govt’s step up, we will see the same thing at many transit agencies in the US
more details @ wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/service-cuts/
Unless state and local govt’s step up, we will see the same thing at many transit agencies in the US
more details @ wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/service-cuts/
August 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Massive service cuts in Philadelphia yesterday and are just the beginning. Public schools start today and many students rely on SEPTA.
Unless state and local govt’s step up, we will see the same thing at many transit agencies in the US
more details @ wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/service-cuts/
Unless state and local govt’s step up, we will see the same thing at many transit agencies in the US
more details @ wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/service-cuts/
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Cars are getting more expensive. People take out longer loans to afford them. Longer loans means more total interest cost, adding thousands of dollars to the already expensive car. And when they go to trade it in, they find they still owe more than the car is worth. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cars Are So Expensive That Buyers Need Seven-Year Loans
They make monthly payments manageable but add thousands to the car’s total cost.
www.bloomberg.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cars are getting more expensive. People take out longer loans to afford them. Longer loans means more total interest cost, adding thousands of dollars to the already expensive car. And when they go to trade it in, they find they still owe more than the car is worth. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
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Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et
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August 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et
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New job! We're looking for a qualitative researcher to work with us on two projects, a participatory project on urban greening and a mixed-methods study on impacts of cycle infrastructure. 0.9 FTE for 8 months (combined maternity cover role). More info: vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/...
HR Vacancies - Search Jobs University of Westminster
vacancies.westminster.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
New job! We're looking for a qualitative researcher to work with us on two projects, a participatory project on urban greening and a mixed-methods study on impacts of cycle infrastructure. 0.9 FTE for 8 months (combined maternity cover role). More info: vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/Hrvacancies/...
Erick Guerra’s new book is very good. I particularly liked chapter 5, How, Where, and Why Do We Build Roads?
August 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Erick Guerra’s new book is very good. I particularly liked chapter 5, How, Where, and Why Do We Build Roads?
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1/3 of BLS leadership positions are currently vacant.
Field offices around the country are closing due to staff shortages.
They fired the advisory council that was assessing how to increase survey response rates.
These are not actions you take if you actually want to improve the data.
Field offices around the country are closing due to staff shortages.
They fired the advisory council that was assessing how to increase survey response rates.
These are not actions you take if you actually want to improve the data.
August 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
1/3 of BLS leadership positions are currently vacant.
Field offices around the country are closing due to staff shortages.
They fired the advisory council that was assessing how to increase survey response rates.
These are not actions you take if you actually want to improve the data.
Field offices around the country are closing due to staff shortages.
They fired the advisory council that was assessing how to increase survey response rates.
These are not actions you take if you actually want to improve the data.
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The 14th amendment to the constitution is quite clear: "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State."
You can't just exclude certain people from the count!
You can't just exclude certain people from the count!
August 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The 14th amendment to the constitution is quite clear: "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State."
You can't just exclude certain people from the count!
You can't just exclude certain people from the count!