🚨 TODAY’S THE DAY 📚 After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves! It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch. Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com

@kmanaugh.bsky.social @ahmedelgeneidy.bsky.social a great thread on topics we’ve been discussing more and more because of AI!

Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

#Canada’s prosperity has blind spots. Whole areas of the country are rendered invisible by a politics that ignores place. Sleeth, Riva, @kmanaugh.bsky.social & Breau show in Growth and Change how #deprivation accumulates in Canada´s forgotten rural, northern & suburban areas. doi.org/10.1111/grow...

We are recruiting a fully funded Master's student interested in equity in shared e-micromobility (Fall 2025 start). Click through the link for details. @kmanaugh.bsky.social platial.science/msc2025/

Space is still available to register for the 2nd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable on April 22nd! 🚲 @mcgill.ca. Together with @owenwaygood.bsky.social, we're thrilled to to explore the future of sustainable transportation. Details here: shorturl.at/zXaXO

“America has a walking culture. What we lack are walkable places. Our history can help us rediscover our suppressed culture of walking. This will help us pursue a more walkable future.” usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/21/w...

Why Americans Don’t Walk: A Forgotten Centennial — Streetsblog USA

“Nobody walks in LA,” sang Missing Persons in 1982. The New Wave band could have been singing about most of America. How did it get this way? Why is it so hard to walk in most American cities, towns a...

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Thrilled to chair tomorrow's Pedestrian Committee session: 'Addressing Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Urban Pedestrian Environments' #TRBAM. Join us for insights into equity, safety, accessibility, and the built environment in pedestrian-focused urban research! tinyurl.com/cuypy3vf

Enjoying the Workshop on #equity and #micromobility at #TRBAM2025 great work shown by @alexadelbosc.bsky.social @kmanaugh.bsky.social and others. 🙏 @calvinthigpen.com for moderating and organizing!

Headed to DC for #TRBAM? The Pedestrian Committee #ACH10 has a full schedule of workshops, sessions, and meetings all week. See all of our activities here: lnkd.in/eDx3wUQG Hope to see you there!

What a pleasure to participate in the Sustainable Urban Transportation Panel last night. Thanks to the Research and Sustainability Network @mcgill.ca for a great job organizing. Encouraging to see a large crowd of engaged students – thanks for the provocative questions! @owenwaygood.bsky.social