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hackNY' 18
Eckerd College '18
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A little writing about my mornings in Bogotá ⛰️
https://buff.ly/3C5H4vS
Finally, The transformative impact of the TransMiCable cable car system, which slashed commute times by over an hour for a nice chunk of the city.
What insights can we glean from #LatinAmerica to revolutionize urban mobility?
PS: I'm working with Lab of Thought on a new book called Mobility Language Matters, coming out soon!
In December, I joined the celebration of 50 years of Ciclovía in Bogotá, #Colombia
Three astonishing aspects caught my attention:
The staggering efficiency of spending just $2 million/year to host the event over 60 times a years.
At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're
stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.
#Mobility #Cycling #urban
New blog post:
Attending the First Offline Club at Café de Ceuvel in Amsterdam
https://blog.rayberger.org/the-first-offline-club-at-cafe-de-ceuvel-in-amsterdam
#Books #digitaldetox #amsterdam #theofflineclub #mindfulness
Three hours in a cafe where nobody phones and everyone wants to connect, how does that sound? A few weeks back Mapy saw a post on Instagram from @theoffline_club about an event where you go to a cafe, lock your phone away, and spend time with people ...
Went to a really great book launch event last week for "Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence"
The talk was a great inspection of make it tying together how people are actually impacted and how the systems work at a broad scale.
Look forward to reading it soon #privacy #Surveillance
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2094-resisting-borders-and-technologies-of-violence
I wish #kickstarter had a way for these messages to be consolidated. If you have the chance to ask them for this I'm sure some of your frequent backers would appreciate it :)
