Marron Miscellaneous

Slate: “Why Free Buses in NYC Could End up Backfiring Horribly” quotes Director of Transportation and Land Use, Eric Goldwyn: “‘Funding for things like fare-free transit has to come from somewhere, and funding is fragile,’ said Goldwyn. ‘Just look at what’s happening 100 miles to the south,’ he added, referencing the dire situation in Philadelphia, where SEPTA, the regional transit agency, is facing a 45 percent service reduction because the state of Pennsylvania has not extended the financial lifeline that it did a year ago.”
Vital City: “An Expert Panel Weighs in on the Paper of Record’s Mayoral Endorsement Process” includes Fellow Tim Tompkins as panelist: “Exhausted by The Times’ often-unsubtle and intrusive framing of political issues by reporters, I found the direct thoughts of very different people about the candidates to be incredibly refreshing and clarifying.”
2025 ASFS-AFHVS Conference: Food Cultures & Social Justice: Civic Analytics Student Fellow Callie Clark’s work was presented by her collaborator, Alice Reznickova, in “Novel Approaches to Food Access: Constructing an Emergency Food Access Index in New York City.”
Event: “In Conversation with Prof Alain Bertaud”: Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud was hosted by Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge in conjunction with the YIMBY Initiative.

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