Ariel Bierbaum
@arielbphd.bsky.social
urban + education researcher | lover of cities + trees + transit | roots in NJ-PHL-OAK
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We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
Color me surprised. Or not.
Yet another study showing the federal Opportunity Zone is flowing predominantly to neighborhoods already showing signs of gentrification & probably subsidizing continued gentrification rather than fostering responsible reinvestment.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Color me surprised. Or not.
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The ghost of William Whyte hates this trend. You should, too.
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The ghost of William Whyte hates this trend. You should, too.
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#Cities across the United States need additional #housing to support their growing populations and address increasing housing costs. Aging #libraries could provide a solution.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#Cities across the United States need additional #housing to support their growing populations and address increasing housing costs. Aging #libraries could provide a solution.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Drivers have killed or injured at least 3 children/youth in as many months in Montgomery County. When will @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social and its DOT step up to make evidence-based infrastructure changes that we know work to save lives?! @evanmglass.bsky.social
13-year-old struck by car in Silver Spring in critical condition www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Girl, 13, struck by car in Silver Spring
A car struck a 13-year-old at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Evans Drive in Silver Spring. She is at the hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.
www.thebanner.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Drivers have killed or injured at least 3 children/youth in as many months in Montgomery County. When will @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social and its DOT step up to make evidence-based infrastructure changes that we know work to save lives?! @evanmglass.bsky.social
When we talk about safe routes to school, we need to think about the various definition of safety and what mobility justice actually looks like for all students/families.
Horrifying, heartbreaking, and something everyone who counts themselves as a member of the Safe Routes to School movement should absolutely be speaking out about.
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When we talk about safe routes to school, we need to think about the various definition of safety and what mobility justice actually looks like for all students/families.
"Out of this disruption, there is an opportunity to build new, more resilient networks for research, collaboration, and public impact—networks that are insulated from political winds and grounded in shared commitments to scientific integrity, justice, and the public good." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
U.S. transportation research at a crossroads
Science in the United States has become increasingly politicized, with a wave of recent federal grant terminations and censorship of equity and climat…
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October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Out of this disruption, there is an opportunity to build new, more resilient networks for research, collaboration, and public impact—networks that are insulated from political winds and grounded in shared commitments to scientific integrity, justice, and the public good." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
I'm excited to be presenting on research from my forthcoming book, Schools for Sale: Disinvestment, Dispossession, and School Building Reuse in Philadelphia on Nov 7th ata the APA Public Schools and Communities Division School Planning Summit! lnkd.in/eYxCPTtH
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October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm excited to be presenting on research from my forthcoming book, Schools for Sale: Disinvestment, Dispossession, and School Building Reuse in Philadelphia on Nov 7th ata the APA Public Schools and Communities Division School Planning Summit! lnkd.in/eYxCPTtH
@umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social
@umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social
I'm reading a history of the US Postal Service and learned that Wells Fargo has been exploiting people for profit since its inception: In 1852, "its customers paid twice for their mail, but in a state with little gov't delivery, they didn't have a choice."
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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm reading a history of the US Postal Service and learned that Wells Fargo has been exploiting people for profit since its inception: In 1852, "its customers paid twice for their mail, but in a state with little gov't delivery, they didn't have a choice."
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Maybe cities should restrict driving to essential trips on Halloween
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Maybe cities should restrict driving to essential trips on Halloween
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Career opportunity: The Terner Center is seeking a Senior Research Associate to help advance the understanding and expansion of innovative and industrialized construction methods to improve and expand housing delivery. Please help us spread the word: ow.ly/4g2O50WYgKK
September 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Career opportunity: The Terner Center is seeking a Senior Research Associate to help advance the understanding and expansion of innovative and industrialized construction methods to improve and expand housing delivery. Please help us spread the word: ow.ly/4g2O50WYgKK
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Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back
Mychal Threets, a social media star librarian, is hosting the new iteration of the series. It's back for four episodes starting on Saturday.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Take a look! 'Reading Rainbow' is back www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
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Excited about this. Like that gerrymandering board game but for school boundaries.
I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
September 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Excited about this. Like that gerrymandering board game but for school boundaries.
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I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
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@thetattooedprof.bsky.social's latest in the Chronicle - on welcoming AI critics to the table when deliberating on policy - is spot on: www.chronicle.com/article/some...
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@thetattooedprof.bsky.social's latest in the Chronicle - on welcoming AI critics to the table when deliberating on policy - is spot on: www.chronicle.com/article/some...
Why are parents carrying so much of the burden of the delivery of public goods - clean air, public education, healthy kids and teachers. These are policy and budgetary choices not forgone conclusions.
Clean air is not complicated, and costs less than $10 per kid per year to do. This is the 4th year of managing this for my son's school. What happens when he moves to the next school, who will keep doing this for the other kids? We need clean air standards and legislation.
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Why are parents carrying so much of the burden of the delivery of public goods - clean air, public education, healthy kids and teachers. These are policy and budgetary choices not forgone conclusions.
My article in @shelterforce.bsky.social has been turned into a "podcast"! (Really it's just me reading my article, but I'm excited nonetheless.)
Listen to how Baltimore’s school rebuilding program aimed to strengthen neighborhoods. 🎧https://apple.co/4mTCCSV
#CommunityDevelopment #EducationJustice
#CommunityDevelopment #EducationJustice
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My article in @shelterforce.bsky.social has been turned into a "podcast"! (Really it's just me reading my article, but I'm excited nonetheless.)
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Some days the biggest threat to my family’s ability to get to school safely on foot or bike is the behavior of some parents who drive.
It scares me that these drivers are willing to drive so unsafely at their own kids’ school, where they are likely to know the families they’re threatening.
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It scares me that these drivers are willing to drive so unsafely at their own kids’ school, where they are likely to know the families they’re threatening.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Some days the biggest threat to my family’s ability to get to school safely on foot or bike is the behavior of some parents who drive.
It scares me that these drivers are willing to drive so unsafely at their own kids’ school, where they are likely to know the families they’re threatening.
3/3
It scares me that these drivers are willing to drive so unsafely at their own kids’ school, where they are likely to know the families they’re threatening.
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Request - who would be a good guest speaker for my class who can talk about New York's congestion pricing? Maybe even two different folks if needed, one more on the technical aspects and stats, and one who can speak to the policy and politics side. Please let me know if this is you & please share!
September 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Request - who would be a good guest speaker for my class who can talk about New York's congestion pricing? Maybe even two different folks if needed, one more on the technical aspects and stats, and one who can speak to the policy and politics side. Please let me know if this is you & please share!
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Ask: I'm hoping to find someone to talk to a graduate-level planning class on traffic signal plans, with an emphasis on #pedestrian and #bicycle mobility and #safety*
*actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety
Grateful for suggestions!
@bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero
*actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety
Grateful for suggestions!
@bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero
September 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ask: I'm hoping to find someone to talk to a graduate-level planning class on traffic signal plans, with an emphasis on #pedestrian and #bicycle mobility and #safety*
*actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety
Grateful for suggestions!
@bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero
*actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety
Grateful for suggestions!
@bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero
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📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf
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September 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
"A bus ride of less than one hour and no missed class time is a basic educational right." This is not true in the legal/moral public ed's structure. As I said recently, “We need to advocate for public education, and the access to that education, as fundamental rights."
today.umd.edu/in-u-s-the-j...
today.umd.edu/in-u-s-the-j...
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"A bus ride of less than one hour and no missed class time is a basic educational right." This is not true in the legal/moral public ed's structure. As I said recently, “We need to advocate for public education, and the access to that education, as fundamental rights."
today.umd.edu/in-u-s-the-j...
today.umd.edu/in-u-s-the-j...
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I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
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I’ve lived my entire life hearing people argue in favor of privatization. I have yet to see privatization make anything better. The only thing privatization accomplishes is to remove accountability.
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’ve lived my entire life hearing people argue in favor of privatization. I have yet to see privatization make anything better. The only thing privatization accomplishes is to remove accountability.