If you ask me how my PhD is going ...

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Commuting hinterland of major UK cities

Alasdair Rae (who has a great blog by the way) has posted a nice short collection of maps comparing the commuting hinterland of some major UK cities.

City Footprints: follow-up blog on commute patterns for lots of cities https://t.co/7fSGdPL18q cc @RileyResearch pic.twitter.com/MkuhCx79Xd

— Alasdair Rae (@undertheraedar) 27 May 2016

Simulados: agent-based computer simulations

A nice video of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center on the use of agent-based computer simulations to study societies. Via Andy Kirk.

Spreadsheets

true story

"Some of my best friends use spreadsheets" @JennyBryan #csvconf pic.twitter.com/elQkcUtOeW

— Rich FitzJohn (@rgfitzjohn) 4 May 2016

I'm presenting at UCL next week - Transport legacy and the redistribution of Urban Accessibility

I'm giving a talk at the Bartlett School of Planning UCL next week. Feel free to come by and say hello if you're around.

I will present a case study on the transport legacies of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and discuss the distributive aspects of how such developments affect different income groups in terms of their transport accessibility to hospitals, schools and job opportunities. This is one of the papers of my doctoral research, so I'd be glad to get any feedback  if I don't put the audience to sleep . 

There is more info about the event here. Thanks Beatriz Mella for the invitation.

Assorted Links

1. Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
   
   
2. How Uber engineers an efficient route, via Renato Arbex
   
   
3. Nairobi's first geo-coded accident dataset
   
   
4. Higher Gender Wage Gap is associated with higher Domestic Violence rates
   
   
5. Ten tips for Portuguese speakers writing scientific research papers in English (Carl Schmertmann)
   
   
6. book: Modeling Cities and Regions as Complex Systems: From Theory to Planning Applications
   
   
7. In case you would like to buy me a gift. Just saying...
   
   
8. The Spread of US Slavery (1790 – 1860) and Bill Rankin's version of that map

How I feel trying to solve a problem in my research

This is how I've been spending my days lately. #PhDlife

Electric car fact of the day

There are currently more #electriccars charging spots in Japan than in Europe + US combined https://t.co/E8CR8z4zxQ pic.twitter.com/klL2dai6oo

— TSU Oxford (@TSUOxford) 6 May 2016

Traffic Jam without bottleneck

Last week, I posted a link to a terrific visual and interactive explanation of the difference between Gridlock and Bottlenecks. 

I guess one could say gridlocks are one of the causes of traffic jam when there is no bottleneck. This video shows a real demonstration of this.  (via ‎Gonçalo Correia)

Justice and ethical concerns in Energy decisions

The latest issue of Nature Energy is out. There is an interesting paper that puts together a miscellaneous of concepts from different theories in political philosophy to build an "energy justice framework centred on availability, affordability, due process, transparency and accountability, sustainability, equity and responsibility".

The authors recognize eventual conflicts between these different ideas but I think they don't make it very clear how the ethical framework they propose actually overcomes such conflicts. In any case, it's a good read. 

Thanks Tim Schwanen for the tip.