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Why Transit Used to be Profitable and Isn’t Now

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

I had fun writing this on Hacker News and thought I'd share it here.  The question was "How would you make public transit profitable / create more value?" and I answered with this: It's a complicated issue, so here's a little background (I have a Masters in Urban Planning so I've ...

Verifying Theories

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

There's little that's more satisfying than having a theory you've come up with be validated.  I mean this in a very informal sense - having predictions come true is what the human brain is based on.  You learn a little, you make a prediction based on what you know, and ...

Mourning A Friend

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

I mostly keep my personal life out of this blog, but today was a sad day for me because a friend of mine passed away.  While I had never met him personally, I have followed him and listened to him for my entire adult life.  He's been with me when ...