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Marcel Moran

@marcelmoran.com
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San Francisco 🌁 City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Assistant Professor. Banner by Bellows.

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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 4h
Huge kudos to the reporting team at @calmatters.org whose incredible series on the California DMV's lax approach to drunk driving has led to a number of new laws passed:
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 4h
Tragic and preventable. Arguello needs more traffic islands, and protected bike lanes: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/r...
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Pedestrian dies after Richmond District crash near San Francisco playground
A pedestrian died after a Monday afternoon collision near Rossi Playground. Police said the driver remained at the scene and no arrests had been made.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 4h
“Unlike A.I., climate change’s existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now." Amidst the AI-pocalypse, we can't lose sight of the climate crisis and the urgency of electrification. Gift link! shorturl.at/On4Jk
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The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Gift Article)
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 6h
Thrilled to have our forthcoming research on drive-thrus in America featured in Le Monde! Kudos to Jessica Gourdon for her great reporting. 🇫🇷🇺🇸 www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Aux Etats-Unis, des villes interdisent les fast-foods drives, symboles de la culture américaine
Ces restaurants où l’on commande depuis sa voiture sont en plus en plus remis en cause pour leur impact délétère sur l’urbanisme, l’environnement et la sociabilité. Une brèche dans une civilisation ma...
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 6h
Ideal: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Seeing Ireland Without a Car
Following a slow scenic route, the author traveled by public transportation and on foot beneath moody fall skies.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8h
“The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Trump administration to exempt New York City’s purchases of new subway cars and buses from tariffs to avoid $1 billion in added fees on the nation’s biggest transit system.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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MTA Seeks to End $1 Billion of Tariffs on Subway Cars, Buses
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Trump administration to exempt New York City’s purchases of new subway cars and buses from tariffs to avoid $1 billion in added fees on the nation’s...
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 28/09/2026
Biked home a different way tonight and ran into the Folsom Street Fair. Extra spicy!
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 27/09/2026
I am so excited for Hardly Strictly next weekend. @hardlystrictly.bsky.social
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 26/09/2026
September
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 26/09/2026
Mamdani and Grégoire talking School Streets! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/n...
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 26/09/2026
Battery BOI from SamTrans
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 26/09/2026
What voter does this help? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 25/09/2026
New Study! How many stairs does it take to get from the street to the platform of a New York City subway station? How long are the passageways? And what fare gates are present at different stations? We sought to find out at 85 different stations + 308 distinct entrances: doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 24/09/2026
Vote No on G
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 24/09/2026
Some more shots of @heartaerospace.bsky.social's new ES-36. The hybrid-electric plane will seat up to 36 passengers with a range of up to 745 miles.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 24/09/2026
Pearl District, Portland
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 23/09/2026
One thing we should bring back from the 90s is a palpable public hatred of big tobacco. The industry remains a scourge on society, and we should destroy it root to limb.
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Patrick George @patrickgeorge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Meanwhile, in China: www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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China’s Geely Unveils EV Charging Under Five Minutes
The automaker rivals ultrafast charging from BYD as automakers aim to entice buyers in China’s slowing market.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 23/09/2026
Lovely view of the blanket of fog covering up SF but leaving Tiburon and Belvedere visible.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 23/09/2026
San Jose's airport is accessible by bike. Let's add a @lyftbikes.bsky.social station at the terminal, too! This got me close enough to transfer to the VTA 60 bus.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 23/09/2026
Intersections like these are why I started studying pedestrian crossing distance.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Katie Wilson announces a $1.4 million earmark in her proposed 2027 budget for 12 new public restrooms, including 10 additional modular facilities and 2 new restrooms in city parks.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This kicks so much ass. Also, it makes my life as a parent so much easier.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 22/09/2026
This capacity-filled Caltrain has now been sitting here for over an hour.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 22/09/2026
We've been told Caltrain 510 (southbound) struck someone on the tracks. Sitting between 22nd St and Bayshore now for 30 minutes.
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 21/09/2026
Mamdani and Grégoire, you love to see it
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
This is why I say people in San Francisco bike *despite* the infrastructure, not because of it. We're becoming a laggard globally in a category we used to lead on.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
Sanchez is a crucial link in San Francisco's bike network between 17th St (and the Mission) and the Wiggle. This is what cyclists are faced with:
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
This is why it's critical to see cities + states pursue legislation which adds speed-limiters to extreme recidivists. Crimes of this magnitude must also entail permanent loss of license (and more) - something California's DMV fails to do given the agency's negligence: calmatters.org/series/licen...
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License to Kill
An ongoing CalMatters investigation examines how the state of California routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roads. Too often they go on to kill....
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
Inner Richmond
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
Good morning
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
There was like a 2-yr period where a certain type of bro would post "tech is all about Miami now, SF is over" and it seems like we never heard from those guys again.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
Sweeney Ridge
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 19/09/2026
24th St Mission
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 19/09/2026
SF folks - this is tomorrow! riptidesf.com/tidefest
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TideFest 2026 — Free Block Party at Ocean Beach
Live music · Art market · Food trucks · Bar & drinks · Family friendly. Sat, Sept 19, 2026, 1–9 PM on the Lower Great Highway. Free — RSVP now.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine)
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 17/09/2026
Bike baby!
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 17/09/2026
Strange scene in Potrero Hill. I saw a dark-gray truck, no license plates, carrying four white men, speed past King Starr Open Space. Then, police in pursuit. Looks like they caught up with the truck at Connecticut and Wisconsin.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 16/09/2026
Love that NYC DOT is going to continue to emphasize 'Ghost Plates' in its enforcement priorities:
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 16/09/2026
Wild to see NYC DOT use the terms "Super Speeder" and "Extreme Recidivism" in the roll-out of their new safe-streets policy!
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CBO analysis: The Iran war has cost the U.S. $38 billion as of August 1. That’s >$246 million per day, on average. CBO says the war has raised inflation and global energy prices, citing reduced traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and says it’ll raise interest rates on treasuries.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 16/09/2026
Outstanding news for SF!! sfyimby.com/2026/09/appr...
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Approval For Revised 10 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
The San Francisco Planning Commission has issued the final approval for a revised 67-story skyscraper at 10 South Van Ness Avenue within the Market...
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 15/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/n...
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New York City Has a New Tool to Update Its Streets: The Stripe Hog (Gift Article)
City transportation officials have deployed a high-pressure water truck to blast away old street markings and make way for new bus lanes and safety improvements.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The party of free market capitalism & limited government, folks
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 15/09/2026
More protected bike lanes coming to Lake Merritt
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 15/09/2026
By Lake Merritt BART
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 15/09/2026
Burger King drive-thru w/ Tesla charging station. El Camino Real.
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