14 February 2024

Preventable auto accident deaths

The planning community has lots of ongoing conversations about improving road safety (including how to reduce our reliance on this dangerous infrastructure). But it is worth taking note when a more public outlet notices. This week, I was struck by the way that Vox wrote about the plague of fatal accidents in the Global South. But notice that they mention that the US is another hotspot too.

13 February 2024

Wildlife Photos

Have you heard of Tzahi Finkelstein? He is an amazing wildlife photographer whose photo of a turtle and a dragonfly has gotten a lot of attention recently. 

05 February 2024

Global groundwater

Groundwater problems aren't just an issue in New Jersey. A new paper in Nature shows the irregular patterns of this global crisis. While the paper tracks alarming levels of groundwater decline in many areas around the world, it also notes some places where the trend or slowing and even a few places experiencing increases in groundwater.

01 February 2024

Big news, if true

The Port Authority says they are ready to make a $10 Billion overhaul of their infamous bus terminal. The new images are pretty amazing, but will it really feel like that when built?

29 January 2024

Finding lost cities with LiDAR

There has been a flurry of news recently about the successes of using LiDAR to uncover lost ancient cities without the destructive clearing that was required in the past.

The BBC announces, The discovery of the Americas' long-lost 'Rome'.

The New Scientist details the findings calling it A mysterious civilisation built a network of cities and roads in the Amazon between 3000 and 1500 years ago, and then disappeared.

And for the science community, the prestigious journal showcased a richly illustrated peer-reviewed LiDAR paper on its cover about Two Thousand Years of Garden Urbanism in the Upper Amazon.