A quick recap of Transit Techies NYC #7: 7 Minute Delay, a Meetup held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 As usual, wonderful hosts Tyler Green and Kohzy Koh kicked off the evening with a funny bit. This time, they launched into a quick trivia session about the history behind the…

A quick recap of the second Transit Techies NYC Meetup: Second Avenue Segfaults, held on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Transportation systems in New York City are critically important for millions of people. Beyond MTA subways and yellow cabs, commuters and travelers rely on regional commuter rail and the MTA’s bus…

Current trends, technologies, and companies you need to know about in the smart city space I recently attended the Smart Cities New York conference as a volunteer. SCNY operated at the intersection of technology, policy and urban living, bringing together mayors, startups, big industry and… me. …

How tech and furniture have changed the American classroom This blog post is part of a series of guest posts from the CKM Advisors Pro Bono Team recapping a recent 4-month collaboration, where CKM Advisors designed and developed a product for DonorsChoose.org called TrendFinder. TrendFinder is a self-sufficient, interactive business…

A quick recap of the first Transit Techies NYC Meetup: Christening the Code Train, held on Wed, May 23, 2018 Last night, coders, transit geeks, and transit-geeks-turned-coders alike descended upon Hudson Yards for the first Transit Techies NYC Meetup held at Intersection. Beside the stunning view from Intersection’s office and…

This article is part of an ongoing collaboration between Michael Zhang and me analyzing real-time NJ Transit data that we’ve been scraping. You can find the introductory article here and the previous article here. On Friday, March 2nd, 2018, New York City was on the tail end of the first…

This article is the first of an ongoing collaboration between Michael Zhang and I using data to examine the performance of NJ Transit. You can find the second article by Michael here. If you’re interested in more like this, or getting your hands on the data, please follow me to…