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Nathan S. Holmes
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Nathan S. Holmes — Overview

This is an overview of the things I’ve written here on Medium in the past decade. 1. General (2018–present): Why 2023 is the best year ever to listen to music (link) Thoughts on Starbucks and the importance of places to gather (link) An article that explains the different jurisdiction in…

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Mar 2

2023 is the Best Year Ever for Music

I was born in January 1978. That makes me 45 years old. And I say today, with confidence and no equivalence, that 2023 is the best year to listen to music that has ever existed. Not only is the music being made now fantastic, but there has never been a…

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2023 is the Best Year Ever for Music
2023 is the Best Year Ever for Music

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Jan 12

My Favorite Books of 2022

It feels strange to be writing about books at all this year. I made a very conscious decision to go out more, and thus spent less time reading. I just had less patience for reading in general, which is particularly evident in the absence of fiction on this list. But…

Best Of

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My Favorite Books of 2022
My Favorite Books of 2022
Best Of

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Dec 6, 2021

My Favorite Books of 2021

These are the books I actually read this year, even if they were all written earlier than 2021. Let’s start with the novels: Brooklyn — Colm Toibin

Books

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My Favorite Books of 2021
My Favorite Books of 2021
Books

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Jan 25, 2021

The One Main Problem Confronting the LA Transportation Movement

The main problem for improving LA transportation is that most of our ideas for a safer, more sustainable network are not popular enough. Taking space on the street away from cars for bus-only lanes? Not popular enough. Taking space to put in protected bike lanes? Not popular enough. Implementing safety-oriented…

Transportation

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The One Main Problem Confronting the LA Transportation Movement
The One Main Problem Confronting the LA Transportation Movement
Transportation

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Dec 23, 2020

My Favorite Books of 2020

This is a list of the 8 books I most enjoyed this year. These are mostly older books- in fact none were published this year. I check a lot of books out from the library and don’t make it past the beginning on most of them. …

Books

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My Favorite Books of 2020
My Favorite Books of 2020
Books

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Jun 16, 2020

How Communities Shape Our Streets

This article discusses the power of the community to shape decisions about transportation infrastructure and how we use our streets for getting around — things like whether a bike lane gets installed, whether car parking is free, whether a general traffic lane becomes a bus-only lane, or whether e-scooters are…

Transportation

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How Communities Shape Our Streets
How Communities Shape Our Streets
Transportation

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May 12, 2020

Elected Officials and Their Communities

Earlier this year, I wrote a three-part series of articles outlining the way that transportation policy gets made by elected officials. But it’s worth discussing elected officials at the local level (City and County) and how they relate to their communities in a little more detail. …

Transportation

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Elected Officials and Their Communities
Elected Officials and Their Communities
Transportation

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Mar 10, 2020

12 Great Memoirs

In the past few years, I’ve really enjoyed reading memoirs. So I decided to compile a list of my favorites. A few guiding principles: Life is too short to read long books. …

Memoir

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12 Great Memoirs
12 Great Memoirs
Memoir

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Feb 24, 2020

Transportation Policy — Part III

Indirect Policy-Making: Appointments, Budgeting, and Oversight — My previous articles in this series discussed why elected officials make transportation policy and how they make policy “directly” using the legislative process. This article will discuss three “indirect” ways that elected officials exert control over transportation policy: (1) Appointment; (2) Budgeting; (3) Oversight. (1) Appointments

Transportation

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Transportation Policy — Part III
Transportation Policy — Part III
Transportation

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Nathan S. Holmes

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