LED Traffic Signals
In the Spring of 2007, I co-authored a piece on LED traffic signals along with Kyle Atwell and Paul Burow. The piece was published in the Roosevelt Institution's 25 Ideas to Solve the Energy Crisis.
Notes: I still think this policy holds up. A stronger prescription of action at the state or local level would have helped, but LEDs remain a sound idea (or a bright one)
Congestion Charging
I ended up writing a policy on congestion charging for vehicles where I was initially only supposed to co-author. The policy suggestion is very light because it can be a dangerous prescription equity-wise. This can be a good idea if done in the right place, but otherwise emissions and traffic protection are best left to other mechanisms
Notes: I'm not sure if this idea still holds up as well as the LED proposal, but I think that for the experience and understanding of the issue, it was probably a good starting point. Last I had checked, New York attempted and failed to implement this scheme, and San Francisco was looking into it.
Other
- I wrote my undergraduate research paper on the effectiveness of federal funding for energy research and development - it can be found here
- I wrote a piece on solving equity issues in international climate policy in a April 2009 blog post on the Roosevelt Institution's blog site.
- I wrote a January 2008 blog post analyzing the lack of discussion of the genocide in Darfur in the 2008 presidential primary
- I am currently working on a policy piece for voting that is part policy part technology. Nothing is available online yet. Sorry. If you really want to know, ask.
