Research Publications
State of Equity in Electric School Bus Adoption, World Resources Institute, forthcoming 2024
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Dataset of U.S. School Bus Depots, World Resources Institute, 2024
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Electric School Bus Data Dashboard, World Resources Institute, 2023
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Micromobility: A Guide for Cities, New Urban Mobility Alliance, 2023
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All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analyses, New Urban Mobility Alliance, 2023
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Just Transitions in the Oil and Gas Sector: Considerations for addressing impacts on workers and communities in middle-income countries, World Resources Institute, 2023
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Dataset of U.S. School Bus Fleets, World Resources Institute, 2023
Circular Economy as a Climate Strategy: Current Knowledge and Calls-to-Action, World Resources Institute, 2022
"The Decoupled City" in The Climate City, Wiley Publishing, 2022
Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States, World Resources Institute, 2022
State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5° C, World Resources Institute, 2021
Electrifying Ride-Hailing in the United States, Europe, and Canada: How to Enable Ride-Hailing Drivers to Switch to Electric Vehicles, World Resources Institute, 2021
Just Transition and Equitable Climate Action Resource Center, World Resources Institute, 2021
From COVID-19 Response to Sustainable Redesign: How Decarbonization, Circular Economy, and Decentralization Can Guide the Transition and Strengthen National Climate Objectives, World Resources Institute, 2021
Future Mobility Calculator: An electric mobility infrastructure tool, Siemens, 2021
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Seizing the Urban Opportunity: How national governments can recover from COVID-19, secure shared prosperity, and tackle the climate crisis through cities, Coalition for Urban Transitions, 2021
New Mobility Atlas, New Urban Mobility Alliance, 2020
Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity: How national governments can secure economic prosperity and avert climate catastrophe by transforming cities, Coalition for Urban Transitions, 2019
Powering the Future of Urban Mobility: How Shared eMobility Will Change Our Streets and Cities, Siemens, 2018
Unlocking the inclusive growth story of the 21st century: Accelerating climate action in urgent times, Coalition for Urban Transitions, 2018
Transit-Oriented Development or Market-Oriented Development? The Case of Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station District Plan, London School of Economics, 2017
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IGNITE, London School of Economics, 2017
Evaluating Policy and Planning Tools for Healthy Corner Stores, Tufts University, 2014
Article 89 Made Easy: Urban Agriculture Zoning For The City of Boston, Boston Redevelopment Authority, 2014
Blogs
The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US, WRI Insights, 2021-2024 (ongoing quarterly series)
Behavior Nudges in Trip-Planning Apps Are Shaping How We Travel. Can They Also Make Transportation More Sustainable?, The New Normal (New Urban Mobility Alliance), August 9, 2022
Going Electric: How Ride-hailing Drivers Can Help Cities Speed Up EV Use, WRI Insights, November 9, 2021
A Just Transition to a Zero-carbon World Is Possible. Here’s How., WRI Insights, April 6, 2021
Why is sustainable urban transport a great investment?, Transport for Development (World Bank), January 30, 2020
Choose Your Future: Why cities matter when tackling climate change, OECD Forum Network, December 7, 2019
Rising Seas Threaten Low-Lying Coastal Cities, 10% of World Population, State of the Planet (Columbia Climate School), October 25, 2019
Low-Carbon Cities Are a $24 Trillion Opportunity, WRI Insights, September 19, 2019
Africa's urban future: the policy agenda for national governments, GlobalDev, November 12, 2018
Big Picture, Small Cities: Why Urban Development Needs National Governments, TheCityFix, May 7, 2018
Policy and planning tools for healthy corner stores, Just Sustainabilities, September 2, 2013
Quoted & Cited
Virginia legislation would activate state program to fund electric school buses, Energy News Network, February 12, 2024
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The Missing Data For Systemic Improvements To U.S. Public School Facilities, Federation of American Scientists,
November 7, 2023
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Back to school on an electric bus, Environment America, July 25, 2023
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EQT Bets Billions on Electric School Buses, The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2023
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WRI Releases Comprehensive Electric School Bus Dashboard, School Transportation News, June 30, 2023
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New WRI Dashboard Collecting Data on Electric School Buses, School Bus Fleet Magazine, June 30, 2023
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When Linked With Transit, Shared Micromobility Boosts Job Access, Better Bike Share Partnership, June 20, 2023
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How US school buses are going electric, in four charts, Canary Media, May 15, 2023
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Charted: The rise of electric school buses, Axios, May 3, 2023
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How to measure the environmental impact of micromobility, Superpedestrian, March 10, 2023
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NUMO guide helps cities calculate micromobility environmental impact, Zag Daily , April 27, 2023
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How e-bikes are challenging green transportation, Fortune (Digital Features video interview), November 22, 2022
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Bike-share programs have been quietly polluting for years. Now companies like Lime and Lyft are improving design and operations to deliver on sustainability promises, Fortune, November 21, 2022
The electric school bus revolution has begun — here’s how we keep it going, The Hill, October 28, 2022
Bird Publishes Independent Vehicle Life Cycle Analysis, Setting a New Standard for Emissions Reporting Quality, Bloomberg, October 5, 2022
Uber’s fight to shift drivers to EVs will be a massive uphill battle, Protocol, March 15, 2022
Uber’s Race to Zero Emissions, Uber, December 21, 2021
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Electric school bus investments could drive US vehicle electrification, The Hill, September 1, 2021
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The innovation that could speed up the rollout of electric vehicles, World Economic Forum, December 8, 2021
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U.S. School Buses May Never Be The Same Thanks to Biden’s Infrastructure Plan, Time, November 15, 2021
Cities Race to Slow Climate Change—and Improve Life for All, WIRED, January 1, 2020
Speaking
Understanding Shared Micromobility Emissions in Your City: Live Training + Q&A, September 7, 2023
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,How Can Open Data on School Buses Improve the Health of NYC Students?, Invited presentation to the NYC Office of Management and Budget - Data Science group, April 19, 2023
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How Can Open Data on School Buses Improve the Health of NYC Students?, New York City Open Data Week, March 13, 2023
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Measure What You Treasure: Shared Micromobility Data Collection and Metrics Standardization, 2022 North American Bikeshare Association (NABSA) Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 27, 2022
Policies and Regulations for Electric Ridehailing, 2021 International Associate of Transportation Regulators (IATR) Conference, December 13, 2021
Accelerating Electrification of High-Mileage Ridehail Vehicles, COP26 Business Pavilion in partnership with Uber, November 10, 2021
Circular Supply Chains for Electric Vehicles, LinkedIn Live discussion with Arrival, April 21, 2021
Growing Awareness: Planning Food Cities, Webinar with Sustainable Food Places, May 12, 2017
Funding Your Healthy Food Project with USDA Resources, Webinar with PolicyLink, January 22, 2015
Awards
Best Novel Data Method award for "Dataset of U.S. School Bus Fleets" with Lydia Freehafer and Jessica Wang, "WRI's Got Talent" Research Awards, May 2023
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Best Use of Data Visualization award for "The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the U.S.” with Lydia Freehafer, "WRI's Got Talent" Research Awards, June 2023
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Most Downloaded Publication award for "State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C" with Sophie Boehm, Katie Lebling, Kelly Levin, Hanna Fekete, Joel Jaeger, Richard Waite, Anna Nilsson, Joe Thwaites, Ryan Wilson, Andreas Geiges, Clea Schumer, Maggie Dennis, Katie Ross, Sebastian Castellanos, Rajat Shrestha, Neelam Singh, Mikaela Weisse, Louise Jeffery, Lydia Freehafer, Erin Gray, Lihuan Zhou, Matthew Gidden and Madeleine Galvin, "WRI's Got Talent" Research Awards, June 2023
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