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Graduate Together: Obama’s Commencement Speech speaks to transport professionals around the world
“Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 is an American television special that was simulcasted on the major television networks and online on May 16, 2020” (Wikipedia). As part of this, former President Barack Obama delivered the commencement speech. Its just over 7 minutes long. The transcript and recording are both available online.https://www.linkedin.com/embeds/publishingEmbed.html?articleId=7734907928357220503 I was really… Read more
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Does it feel like we’re in a crisis? Putting road transport in the climate crisis context
[Long Read] On Wednesday 20 July 2022 I travelled to an event to discuss roads and future investment in them. I was one of the invited speakers. Luckily I was late preparing my slides and only finished the day before. The news coverage for the preceding 48 hours more or less di`d the job of… Read more
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I asked Chat-GPT to write me a poem about road investment
Is Artificial Intellgence influenced by past data? Is this going to shape our future? I asked Chat GPT to “Write me a poem about road investment”. This is what it said: The road stretches out before us,A ribbon of asphalt and dust.A path to adventure, a gateway to growth,A vital investment, worth its weight in… Read more
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Happy valentines day, I’d fly anywhere just to be with you
Happy valentines day, I’d fly anywhere just to be with you. Taylor Swift’s private jet use puts carbon credits, personal choice and personal influence under the spotlight. Taylor Swift is making headlines, and not just attracting the attention of swifties. For those in the dark, it seems she now has only one private jet. This… Read more
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Greta versus Fossil Fuel – a poem from Chat-GPT
On the day Greta has been charged with a public order offence having protested outside the three-day Energy Intelligence Forum (formerly called the Oil and Money conference) I asked Chat-GPT to write a poem… Greta vs. Fossil Fuel In a world where profits reigned supreme,The fossil fuel giants lived their dream,Drilling, burning, with no remorse,For… Read more
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Opening out and closing down: the treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm
By Glenn Lyons and Greg Marsden Download for free our new paper [1] that critically examines the history of road traffic forecasting in England from 1989 to 2018 in terms of the treatment of uncertainty and in turn brings into question how uncertainty is addressed in scheme appraisal guidance. In a team effort with equal contributions from… Read more
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