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Exasperated Infrastructures

sam sklar

For planners, policy nerds, and anyone who has ever missed a bus, sat in traffic, or watched a bike lane disappear overnight.

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This Is Why We Can't Ever Stop Superspeeders

Warning: Learning Ahead!

I’ve gotten some feedback on early drafts of this essay and want to say a few things up front. There are two learning goals for the following:

  1. Policy development can get unruly, generally, and shrinking...
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Pitchfest 2026: Civic Tech in Action

GET YOUR INTEREST FORM IN!

I sat down with Cara Eckholm, a multi-hyphenate founder and civic tech/engagement specialist, to talk about Pitchfest—a project of PilotCity and the third iteration of a matching program between NYC city agencies...

13 days ago
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Peck, Michigan is the gold standard for project reform.

Below is a modified transcript of the conversation above.


Peck, Michigan is easy to miss. It’s a village of about 570 people in the thumb of the state — blink and you’ll drive right through. But over the last few years, Peck h...

21 days ago
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Why Nothing Works

NOTE: I recorded this many months ago (March 2025), so the timelines might be more than slightly off. Congestion pricing is 16 months old (and exceeding expectations).

Marc Dunkelman’s Why Nothing Works is a heavy-on-theory, evergreen add...

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An Exasperated Conversation with Matthew Algeo's, author of "New York's Secret Subway"

I’m very fortunate to have access to the authors who write books that impress me to all hell. Island Press (now part of Princeton University Press) is the best imprint for built environment books and they attract the most talented authors,...

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