Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tara Goddard, PhD

@drtaragoddard.com

16K followers 1.3K following 6.1K posts

Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation; planning in the Petropyrocene. She/her.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · Jul 14

Re-sharing to pin to my profile. I was very grateful for the opportunity to join Sarah and Doug for a wide-ranging conversation on some of my favorite (if difficult) subjects. It encapsulates a lot of my research agenda and professional worldview that windshield bias affects so much of our world.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Dec 17

NEW EPISODE: "How Cars Change Us with Tara Goddard." Why do people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car? Why do reporters use passive language to describe traffic violence? @drtaragoddard.bsky.social joins us to talk about her fascinating research.

thewaroncars.org/2024/12/17/1...

Dr. Tara Goddard, wearing white shirt, standing behind bicycle on bike path lined by grass and green trees.

1 9 39

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 12h

sure, is a Shark, a model with the self-emptying base. Looks like our model is discontinued, but they have several updated versions. It has been great!

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 14h

Thank you. I'm glad. I have always tried to uplift this attitude toward life being easier (like all the products people make fun of but are actually super helpful if you have limited mobility), but then my own health experiences moved me from abstract caring to viscerally understanding some of it.

Reposted by Tara Goddard, PhD

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16h

“This is absolutely a violation of federal law.”

For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's new layoffs hurt disabled kids

"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."

www.motherjones.com

4 180 340

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 14h

I know it is a complex decision, but I'm glad they are evacuating folks near the LA burn scars ahead of this rain event. Anyone working on this situation and willing to chat? One of my next projects is about evacuation timing. TIA!

1 10 46

Reposted by Tara Goddard, PhD

Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 1d

Chat is it a good sign when the pope is quoting Arendt

2 17 120

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

The clear ponchos are inspired

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

not me, that's for damn sure. Personally not a fan.

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

that's even worse than fender benders, seriously

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

ah yes. a "little kiss", you know, except with our giant machines 🤦🏻‍♀️

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 1d

Hypothesis: calling them "fender benders" made colliding two or more steel objects weighing thousands of pounds seem like no big deal. Like, "whoopsie! 🤷🏻‍♀️"

7 1 52

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

what lovely ways to honor his memory. Make sure to take some photos, he had such a knack for beautiful photography on his rides.

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

He truly was. He saw and had to deal with so many dark things, but he never stopped being hopeful and sharing the beauty he saw around him.

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

I only just read that @drdagly.bsky.social died while mountain biking. I know it is trite, but I am glad that if he had to go way too soon, it was at least doing what he loved. I'm so sorry for his family and friends. He touched so many lives. I'm thankful to have known him, even just virtually.

4 18

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

I don't run it super empty, but I think even 75% full is more water efficient than handwashing, and lightens my mental load, which I've become increasingly inclined to do however possible.

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

honestly, I think it is because everything goes multiple places when you unload, and everything goes one place when you load it. The mental load is less. I never thought of it like that until til now, but it makes sense to me. I don't wait to fill mine anymore, to make unloading easier. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

Sad news about Diane Keaton. So many good movies. Personally, I will always be grateful for her role in The Family Stone, the only major film I've seen to show a flat mastectomy closure in a thoughtful and accurate way. It is a brief scene, but it matters.

1 2 33

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

maybe they had to bring on more employees to meet demand 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

everyone always likes to blame parking. same as it ever was.

1 1 2

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

that's great insight. introduce tech and suddenly it is "man's work". Bet your Mom didn't mind. 😉

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

It isn't quite as helpful now that I'm renting a 2-storey condo, but I'll take every bit of help I can get keeping my house livable.

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

How big is the grade??

1 1

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

for a minute I was picturing something that was bouncing vertically and was v confused 😄

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

Can I please request these designs be available on posters and stickers? I want some for my office and, um, my water bottles. 😏

1 5

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

(save up til you can get the self-emptying kind. otherwise it isn't actually a big time or energy saver)

1 9

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 2d

I know it isn't great to have bad actors know the layout of my house and all that, but damn is a robot vacuum a "luxury" item that is actually a game-changing basic tool for the limited spoons crowd. Permission to make your life easier, however you are able.

6 4 44