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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics
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Researcher Ipea Brazil | Visiting prof @geo_uoft | PhD @TSUOxford | Structured procrastination on Cities, Urban mobility, Accessibility, Equity, Data science, R. About: www.urbandemographics.org/

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 10d
If you’re in Boston in early March, don’t miss the Urban Mobility and Climate Change Conference. More info and registration available here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...
I’ll be speaking on urban form and sustainable mobility, alongside a stellar lineup of speakers addressing ....

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 1d
This looks super cool
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Our paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9

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Gabriel Agostini @gsagostini.bsky.social · 1d
Our paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9

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David M Levinson ⁂ @transportist.org · 3d
Spatial patterns of access-density mismatch reveal infrastructure gaps and strategic opportunities for new housing
Spatial patterns of access-density mismatch reveal infrastructure gaps and strategic opportunities for new housing
Recently published:
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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · 3d
📃 "Navigating the urban fringe: Socially embedded adaptation of informal transportation amid Bogotá’s urban gondola investment"

✍️ M. A. Santana Palacios

🔍 What are the dominant social dimensions that shape adaptation of informal #transportation to urban change?

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 6d
Yes. The y axis also varies, which is not great. It would be nice to see the same chart using the same scales for all regions

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 7d
Amazing chart, it tells so many different things. but overall, it suggests that raising female education reduces fertility more sharply when labour markets and social welfare systems provide less support for motherhood.
Paper: link.springer.com/content/pdf/..., via @johnholbein1.bsky.social

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Rafael Calabria 🚃 🚲 @calabriageo.bsky.social · 8d
Publicada hoje a primeira pesquisa científica e independente sobre as Motofaixas de SP!

Nunes transformou a ideia fraca em marketing político muito antes dela ser comprovada.

A pesquisa mostrou que elas aumentam a velocidade e com isso o risco de mortes, e aumentaram as mortes no trânsito!
Imagem retirada da apresentação, com o seguinte destaque: "Nas condições observadas, a Faixa Azul não se configura como uma política de segurança viária"

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Eric Goldwyn @egoldwyn.bsky.social · 8d
41 miles of new subway for the cost of free buses. Here’s an audacious, expansive plan to expand the subway’s reach & catalyze housing to attack the affordability crisis. An incredible effort from NYU Marron team. Excited for this to be out in the world:

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead?
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 8d
We deserve to live until we are old.

substack.com/home/post/p-... #publichealth #demography #epidemiology #healthpolicy
Live Free and Die: US Life Expectancy Has a Problem (But It's Not Seed Oils)
We deserve to live until we are old
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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 8d
It's 2024 5-year American Community Survey release day!

The ACS is the best resource for small-area analysis of US demographics.

In R, use tidycensus and mapgl to dive into the data right now.

Copy-paste the code below for an interactive income map with a legend filter:

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 8d
👏 Congratulations to political philosopher Nancy Fraser, the Spring 2026 Senior Loeb Scholar! Senior Loeb Scholars spend time on campus, during which time they present a public lecture and engage directly with GSD students, faculty, staff, researchers, and Loeb Fellows.

https://hgsd.us/4a0NN7g
Headshot of Nancy Fraser, Senior Loeb Scholar, smiling.

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 10d
co-hosted by the The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University's Urban Mobility and Climate Change Research Cluster and the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 10d
... alongside a stellar lineup of speakers addressing key issues at the intersection of urban mobility and climate change. The conference is organized by Rema Hanna (CID) and Gabriel Kreindler (Economics), convened by the Harvard Center for International Development (CID), and