Greatest Hits
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"America's Transit Exceptionalism," The Urban Condition
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"The Great Hydrogen Train Debate," MIT Technology Review
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"Why the Future of San Francisco Architecture is Skinny," San Francisco Chronicle
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"Robotaxis Should Be a Wakeup Call for Cities," Slow Boring​
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"Why Is It So Hard to Kill This Freeway?" CityLab
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"How San Francisco became an autonomous vehicle test course," SF Examiner
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"The End of the End of San Francisco," SF Weekly​​
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"Why Little Vehicles Will Conquer the City," CityLab
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"It Happened Here: A History of Slavery in California," SF Weekly
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Welcome to my website! I'm a freelance journalist who covers cities, public policy, and occasionally, arts and culture. I've worked as a staff writer at the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly and CityLab, where I helped create the CityLab University series. My freelance work has appeared in The Nation, Slate, MIT Technology Review, Architectural Digest, The Baffler, Fast Company, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. I also write The Urban Condition on Substack.
I'm currently working on a book for Island Press about why American cities have stagnated, and how the built environment can evolve to address our biggest societal challenges.
I'm open to freelance commissions, as well. Feel free to get in touch!
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