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Matthew Raifman, PhD

Matthew Raifman, PhD

A voyage to a disputed land

Matthew Raifman

10 min readSep 30, 2022

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A voyage to a disputed land

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

The Transport Burden of Tourism

In tourism-heavy Amsterdam, one third of all weekday transport trips are taken by visitors. Interestingly, the modal split of visitors is…

2 min readFeb 1, 2022

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The Transport Burden of Tourism

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.

There’s been a lot of talk about whether the infrastructure bill is focused on climate change or not, but passing the bill was just the…

2 min readNov 16, 2021

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

The Epidemic in Plain Sight: Traffic Fatalities

Last week, Jim Pagels was killed while cycling in D.C. He was 29. A PhD student in Economics. He had just received a coronavirus vaccine…

3 min readApr 14, 2021

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The Epidemic in Plain Sight: Traffic Fatalities

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

A Moon Shot Moment for Transportation

The Biden Administration is poised to release its infrastructure plan. It’s crucial for policymakers to consider active mobility and…

4 min readMar 29, 2021

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A Moon Shot Moment for Transportation

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

Carpe Diem? Or car dependence?

I feel a need to share some thoughts on the opportunity presented by a Biden administration to rethink America’s transportation system.

2 min readNov 14, 2020

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Matthew Raifman, PhD
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The Startup

Legislating Automated Vehicle Safety

In 1965, the cost of a gallon of gas was 31 cents, the Chevrolet Impala was the best selling car in the U.S., Plymouth introduced “the…

13 min readOct 18, 2017

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Legislating Automated Vehicle Safety

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Matthew Raifman, PhD
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The Startup

Legislating Automation: How Congress is Approaching Automated Vehicles

The fall of 2017 has been good to proponents of federal automated vehicle (AV) legislation, with both the House (H.R. 3388) and Senate (S…

9 min readOct 10, 2017

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Legislating Automation: How Congress is Approaching Automated Vehicles

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

Three Open Government Innovations from Buenos Aires Your City Should Know About

In open government and civic tech circles, it’s common to hear about the exciting work underway in San Francisco, Chicago, and Chattanooga…

4 min readMay 30, 2017

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Three Open Government Innovations from Buenos Aires Your City Should Know About

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

How Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles Impact Our Roads, and Why Cities and States will have…

Much ink has been spilled about the deterioration of America’s infrastructure in recent years: the American Society of Engineers grades our…

10 min readNov 1, 2016

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How Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles Impact Our Roads, and Why Cities and States will have…

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Matthew Raifman, PhD

Matthew Raifman, PhD

Passionate about making cities better places to live and spending as much time in #nature as possible. Ex: Ford, World Bank, DOE, Brookings, WRI. Views = my own

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