.Caroline George & Adie Tomer find that from fall 2019 to fall 2022, metro-level travel data exposes two structural changes taking shape in real time: People have generally substituted longer commutes for shorter but more frequent trips to eat, shop, and run errands, but even…

Harmful infrastructure has left communities of color #DividedByDesign . This report from Smart Growth America shows and tells the story--both past and present--while recommending steps to repair damage and prevent future harm.

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It's great that SNAP online is now an option nationwide, but it's also necessary to think about ways that people with low-incomes, the unbanked, and those without technological literacy may face additional barriers
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Come join Brookings Metro's infrastructure team! We're hiring a new RA who will cover a variety of built environment issues--with an emphasis on climate challenges. Perfect for new grads!

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Brookings's latest report makes clear—Airports are under dire threat from the disastrous impacts of climate change and Congress must act. That’s why I'm working on a plan to fix it. We need resilient airports and we need a resilient aviation system. brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

.Karen Farber: The Buffalo Bayou Partnership released a plan that will connect Houston’s Buffalo Bayou’s waterway’s eastern and western edges, helping to bring investments, access, and growth to the long-neglected eastern area. Read more: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

What a great conversation about housing and climate! I hope to have many more discussions on this topic so that we can better plan for a more resilient future.

How likely is your neighborhood to experience flooding, wildfires, or extreme heat? If you knew, how would you react? Local climate risk data is becoming more available – and it can inform better decisions. Adie Tomer Caroline George Joe Kane Julia Gill brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

Excited to release a new Brookings Metro report on the current state of the U.S. #infrastructure workforce, amid once-in-a-generation federal investment:

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A thread on the major findings...(1/7)

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It's hard to believe, but the report on activity clustering in US metro areas that I've been working on with Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸, Joe Kane, Adie Tomer, and Jennifer S Vey at Brookings Metro for over a year is finally live! (1/8)

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Biked the Great Allegheny Passage to Pittsburgh this weekend! 150 muddy, rainy, beautiful miles.

Join us in-person (or virtually!) for our event next Tuesday Sept 27 at 2 ET on accelerating city #climate planning and action amid historic federal investment.

It should be a timely discussion building off new Brookings Metro San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center research.

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The pace and quality at which folks are able to do these legislative emissions analyses is truly incredible. Now, let's formalize the process as part of standard bill scoring, as CBO does for budgetary impacts. brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

This is the deal on clean energy and climate we have been waiting for!
- $369 billion in investments
- Lowers energy bills for Americans
- Cuts carbon pollution by 40%, getting us on track to Biden's goal

There is so much written about what governments must do to tackle climate breakdown

Yet so little serious analysis of to how to make them do it

'With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent.'

Interested in transportation, housing, and other local #climate issues? Come work with me, Adie Tomer, Jenny Schuetz, Caroline George and the Brookings Metro team this fall!

Internship applications are due 6/19: bit.ly/3mO71Vk

In today's On Tech: There are many problems with apps that deliver fresh and prepared food.

One thing that's good, according to a new Brookings analysis: Delivery apps have expanded fresh food access for millions of Americans who live in 'food deserts.' nytimes.com/2022/05/11/tec…

Digital delivery changed the food industry over the past two years, but could this emerging model address food access for those most in need? Caroline George and I got our hands on new data to definitively answer ‘yes’. 🧵 re: our new research. brook.gs/3w2Me6b