Author: Kenneth
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Mandarins Demanding a Surfeit?
Laura Bliss managed to make an entertaining article about an emerging set of data standards. She had me at Mobility Data Specification (MDS). Others might be more interested in the bureaucrat battling Uber, the hint of corruption, or the grandiose visions of the future of traffic. I’m excited about MDS. Of course I am; I am a transportation data scientist. Read more
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Car-free Market Street: First Thoughts
I work just off Market Street in San Francisco. The city recently closed this section of the street to private automobile traffic, part of a larger, global trend towards car-free streets. I’m cautiously optimistic. State Street in Chicago serves as a cautionary tale, but the analogy is imperfect. A (Modest) Win So Far Most people I have spoken with seem Read more