Peer-Reviewed Articles
Moran, M.E. and D.F. Laefer 2024. “Multi-Scale Analysis of Pedestrian Crossing Distance” Journal of the American Planning Association, September.
Moran, M.E. 2024. “Super Speeders: Mining Speed-Camera Data to Analyze Extreme Recidivism in New York” Transport Findings, February.
Moran, M.E. 2023. “Authorized Vehicles Only: Police, Parking, and Pedestrian Access in New York City.” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 19, April.
Moran, M.E. 2022. “Treating COVID with Bike Lanes: Design, Spatial, and Network Analysis of ‘Pop-Up’ Bike Lanes in Paris.” Transport Findings, April.
Moran, M.E. 2022. “Where the Crosswalk Ends: Mapping Crosswalk Coverage via Satellite Imagery in San Francisco.” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.
Moran, M.E. 2021. “Are Shelters in Place? Mapping the Distribution of Transit Amenities via a Bus-Stop Census of San Francisco.” Journal of Public Transportation, 24(1).
Moran, M.E. 2021. “Drawing the Map: The Creation and Regulation of Geographic Constraints on Shared Bikes and e-Scooters in San Francisco, CA” Journal of Transport and Land Use, 14(1), 197-218.
Moran, M.E. 2020. “What’s Your Angle? Analyzing Angled Parking using Satellite Imagery to Aid Bike-Network Expansion” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, September.
Moran, M.E. 2020. “Eyes on the Bike Lane: Crowdsourced Traffic Violations and Bicycle Infrastructure in San Francisco, CA.” Transport Findings, April.
Moran, M.E., B. Laa, and G. Emberger. 2020. “Six Scooter Operators, Six Maps: Spatial Coverage and Regulation of Micromobility in Vienna, Austria.” Case Studies on Transport Policy, March.
Chatman, D.G., and M.E. Moran. 2019. “Autonomous Vehicles in the United States: Understanding Why and How Cities and Regions Are Responding.” University of California Institute of Transportation Studies.
Popular Press and Media Appearances
Murray, S. "What Adults Lost When Kids Stopped Playing in the Street" The Atlantic (2024) https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/07/play-streets-children-adults/679258/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Fadulu, L. “What Happens When the Police Can’t Find Parking?” The New York Times (2024) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregion/new-york-curbside-parking.html
Williams, D. “Letter of Findings.” United States Department of Justice (2024) https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-04/letter_of_findings-in_re_new_york_police_deptartment.pdf
Surico, J. “Mapping the ‘Super Speeders’ of New York City.” Bloomberg/CityLab (2024) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-09/nyc-s-speed-cameras-reveal-super-speeders-on-the-rise?srnd=citylab
Moran, M.E. “America’s Shocking Pedestrian Death Crisis is Also Enragingly Fixable.” MSNBC (2023). https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/us-pedestrian-deaths-record-rcna129777
Moran, M.E. “Letter to the Editor.” The New York Times (2023). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/opinion/letters/delivery-trucks-streets.html
Thomas, M. “How Paris is Leading a Sustainable Transportation Revolution.” Distilled.Earth (2023). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQSBoHmG8s
Gordon, A. “Extremely Thorough Academic Study Confirms NYPD Park on Sidewalks.” VICE News (2023). https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aknmj/extremely-thorough-academic-study-confirms-nypd-park-on-sidewalks
Carlson, S. “Study tracks NYPD's illegal parking habits.” All Things Considered, WNYC (2023). https://www.wnyc.org/story/majority-nypd-vehicles-park-sidewalk-according-study/
Emmanuel, J.M. “Tracking the New York City Police Who Park on the Sidewalk.” Bloomberg/CityLab (2023). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-12/mapping-the-nypd-s-sidewalk-parking-habit
Kalmowitz, A. “The NYPD Loves Parking on Sidewalks at the Expense of Everyone Else.” Jalopnik (2023). https://jalopnik.com/nypd-parks-on-sidewalks-at-nyc-citizen-expense-1850333066
Moran, M.E. “Op-Ed: Paris Scooter Ban Is a Step Backward For Sustainable Transport.” Streetsblog USA (2023). https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/04/03/op-ed-paris-scooter-ban-is-a-step-backward-for-sustainable-transport/
Cano, R. “S.F. Will Remove Parking Spaces Obstructing Muni Bus Stops Sooner than Expected. Here’s When it Will Start.” San Francisco Chronicle (2022).
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-will-remove-parking-spaces-obstructing-Muni-17667831.php
Somera, M. “How Can We Make Biking in the Bay Area Less Intimidating?” Bay Current (2022). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-can-we-make-biking-in-the-bay-area-less-intimidating/id1588426532?i=1000559043923
Reid, C. “Every City’s Cycleway Network Should Be As Dense As Road Network, Says American Academic” Forbes (2022). https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/03/31/every-citys-cycleway-network-should-be-as-dense-as-road-network-says-american-academic/?sh=222a0a1928e6
Knight, H. “He Mapped Every Crosswalk in SF. The Results Show a Startling Safety Gap for Some Neighborhoods,” San Francisco Chronicle (2022). https://
Rudick, R. “San Francisco Vows to End Parking at Transit Stops” SF Streetsblog (2021). https://sf.streetsblog.org/2021/12/02/san-francisco-vows-to-end-parking-at-transit-stops/
Cano, R. “S.F. bikeshare service raised its rates. Users say it's now the same price as an Uber” San Francisco Chronicle (2021) https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-bikeshare-service-raised-its-rates-Users-16512035.php
Mayers, R. “Are Shelters in Place?” Dense City Podcast (2021) https://open.spotify.com/episode/41Lpy2O8EbFWboGooFjMNL?si=2X6cQrsbQgqmYqT6qgTDJg&dl_branch=1
Bliss, L. “Mapping the Best and Worst Bus Stops in San Francisco” CityLab (2021) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-03/how-better-bus-stops-can-boost-transit-ridership?srnd=citylab
Campodonico, C. “A Tale of Two Cities: Bus Stop Disparities are Stark Between City’s Northern and Southern Halves.” The San Francisco Standard (2021) https://sfstandard.com/transportation/sfmta-bus-stop-disparities/
Moran, M.E. “Letter to the Editor.” The New Yorker (2021) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/24/letters-from-the-may-24-2021-issue
Moran, M.E. “Don’t Sacrifice Car-Free JFK for Museum Parking” San Francisco Examiner (2021) https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/dont-sacrifice-car-free-jfk-for-museum-parking/
Graf, C. “Is It Time to End Free Parking in San Francisco?” San Francisco Examiner (2021) https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/is-it-time-to-end-free-parking-in-san-francisco/
Rudick, R. “Angled Parking Perpetuates Hazards,” Streetsblog San Francisco (2020) https://sf.streetsblog.org/2020/09/03/angled-parking-perpetuates-hazards/
Moran, M.E. “Cycling in the Time of COVID-19,” Streetsblog San Francisco (2020) https://sf.streetsblog.org/2020/03/27/paradox-of-cycling-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
Moran, M.E. “California’s Rebate Blind Spot: Electric Bikes,” Streetsblog California (2020) https://cal.streetsblog.org/2020/02/10/californias-rebate-blind-spot-electric-bikes/
Gil, G. The Autonomous Vehicles Podcast (2019) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uc-berkeley-marcel-moran/id1449787733?i=1000441783041
Moran, M.E. “Cities Can and Should Regulate Scooters, and AB 1112 Doesn’t Help,” Streetsblog California (2019). https://cal.streetsblog.org/2019/06/07/op-ed-cities-can-and-should-regulate-scooters-and-a-b-1112-doesnt-help/
Moran, M.E. “UC Berkeley Must Work to Introduce Scooters on Campus,” The Daily Californian (2019). https://bit.ly/3jLfAzv