Mark Abraham
Data on cities+equity+wellbeing. Executive Dir, DataHaven( tweets here don't represent my employer. WKKF Fellow. #NHV resident.
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Does Race Matter for Police Use of Force? Evidence from 911 Calls
NBER 49h 13 tweets
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Mark Abraham New study on #policeviolence using 2million randomly-dispatched 911 calls. All else equal, use of force by officer race was similar in white/mixed neighborhoods, but in mostly black n’hoods, white officers were 5X more likely to use their gun 17h
Katherine Johnson
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What's Next for COVID-19? | Think Global Health
Council on Foreign Relations 8d 15 tweets
Containment of the coronavirus would make an enormous difference to health around the world. Is it still possible?
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
The Lancet 12d 22 tweets
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to care. Efforts are ongoing to repeal the...
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Mark Abraham #MedicareForAll would "lead to a 13% savings in US healthcare expenditure ($450,000,000,000)... & save more than 68,000 lives & 1·73 million life-years every year compared with the status quo." New study : #PHealth #publichealth 6d
Does owning a car hurt your health?
The Globe and Mail 9d 11 tweets
When researchers in New Zealand published a study last month showing that bike commuters live longer than car commuters, the reactions were pretty muted
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Mark Abraham New study of #Beijing adults randomly-selected to win car permits: Winners took 3 fewer transit rides/week, biked/walked 24 fewer mins/day, and those >50 gained an average of 23 pounds, a "statistically significant and worrisome increase." #CPlan #PHealth 8d
How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary
Nick Corasaniti - Nytimes.com 14d 2 tweets
After a disappointing fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, the Minnesota senator made a series of bets in the Granite State.
2020 Racial Justice Presidential Candidate Scorecard
2020 Racial Justice Presidential Scorecard 76d 8 tweets
The Center for Urban and Racial Equity (CURE) has developed a 2020 Racial Equity Presidential Candidate scorecard. The scorecard summarizes our analysis of policy proposals and language used by candidates around race and racial inequity.
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Mark Abraham #RacialJustice Presidential Candidate Scorecard by w/ #Warren 91 #Sanders 88 #Buttigieg 86 #Klobuchar 73.5 #Steyer 67.5 #Biden 61.5 #Bloomberg 55.25 #Gabbard 55 #Trump 4.75 #racialequity #DemPrimary 14d
Yale F&ES to Become the Yale School of the Environment
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 16d 2 tweets
The School also will establish “The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment” in recognition of the foundational importance of its forestry program.
No pedestrian fatalities in Helsinki traffic last year
Helsingin kaupunki 21d 2 tweets
Precise statistics on accidents have been kept since 1960, and during this time, there have been zero years in which there were no pedestrian lives lost.
‘Normal America’ Is Not A Small Town Of White People
Jed Kolko - FiveThirtyEight 1113d 11 tweets
Earlier this week, Jim VandeHei, a former executive editor of Politico, wrote an op-ed article for The Wall Street Journal accusing the Washington political establishment of being out of touch with…
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Mark Abraham Here is the precise location of “normal” America: #nhv #Hartford #demographics #iacaucus 22d
Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension
StreetsblogMASS 26d 1 tweets
The western Massachusetts city of Westfield recently broke ground on a new segment of its Columbia Greenway that will extend the interstate rail trail through the city’s downtown district to …
What We Lose by Hiring Someone to Pick Up Our Avocados for Us
Ginia Bellafante - Nytimes.com 26d 5 tweets
Will the proliferation of mobile ordering destroy civic life?
Mark Abraham .: Mobile ordering undermines #urbanism & #civichealth Counterpoint: If it makes density more livable+reduces value of #sprawl,it could be a net positive, holding worker rights/isolation of #gigeconomy (in both sprawl+cities)as independent factor 26d
Explore Your School’s Changing Demographics
Urban Institute 27d 6 tweets
US schools have become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past few decades, but changes have played out differently across the country. ,
Mark Abraham Explore your school's changing #demographics: Excellent new interactive tool from #nnip #dataviz #edpolicy #edchat 26d
The Geography of Child Opportunity: Why Neighborhoods Matter for Equity
Diversity Data Kids 34d 1 tweets
Mark Abraham #Hartford & #MSP are among the nation's most opportunity-rich cities. However "these 2 metro areas are very different in the conditions they offer to children living in very low opportunity neighborhoods." New report #nnip #healthequity 34d
'The streets are more alive': Ghent readers on a car-free city centre
the Guardian 37d 2 tweets
We asked locals in the Belgian city to tell us how things have changed since the introduction of its circulatieplan in 2017
Bloomberg’s transportation plan envisions walkable, transit-rich neighborhoods
Alissa Walker - Curbed 40d 2 tweets
"One part of the plan that’s really important is getting people out of cars," says advisor Janette Sadik-Khan.
Mark Abraham . has released a transportation plan led by , senior advisor. continues her great work comparing the candidates' transportation plans: Poll: Will we see PBLs mentioned at a #DemDebate this year? #CPlan #urbanism 36d
I don’t Love Columbus because I can’t Participate in it
Medium 40d 1 tweets
The Columbus everyone talks about, and the Columbus I know are not the same.
Mark Abraham I Don’t Love Columbus Because I Can’t Participate In It: #inequality #gentrification #ridesharing #uber #lyft #cities 40d
New apartment buildings in low-income areas decrease nearby rents | Research Highlights | Upjohn Institute
Upjohn.org 42d 1 tweets
New research shows new market-rate buildings lower nearby rents 5 to 7 percent and cause more people from lower-income neighborhoods to move in.
The $119 Billion Sea Wall That Could Defend New York … or Not
Anne Barnard - Nytimes.com 40d 15 tweets
A six-mile-long barrier would help protect the city from floodwaters during fierce storms like Sandy, but critics say rising seas make the option inadequate.
Mark Abraham Interesting article on sea walls in NYC and other cities. The $119 Billion Sea Wall That Could Defend New York … or Not #climatechange #sealevelrise #CPlan 40d
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