Laura Hartman

Bringing my religious ethics flavor to environmental humanities and environmental justice in Roanoke, VA. Obsessed with buses and church parking lots.

[Theo Lim (@chaolim85.bsky.social) @CHAOLIM85]

The mobilizing power of youth in planning. I made a 5-minute video summarizing our participatory action research project to address adaptation to rising temperatures in Roanoke, VA: https://t.co/GbVItH6BNW

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@RVARapidTransit Please teach Roanoke how to do this!

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@jer_science Interesting stuff! I know in Roanoke where I live, the hospitals are located somewhat far away from the most heat-intense neighborhoods. I wonder if that’s a factor in Richmond and if it slows down the help people receive?

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@josephdlyons @PeteButtigieg @Amtrak All I want for Christmas is… much better transit in the USA!

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@ThunderWolf08 https://t.co/sbTCLEx4me This book, Moving Minds by Weyrich, makes the case for strong intercity bus service for multiple reasons that appeal to politically conservative folks, including national security and the economy. (It’s a bit old now but still relevant.)

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Bus shelters don't have to be boring...

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@Kenmcld Love it!

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@RVARapidTransit @GRTCTransit We’re getting micro transit in Roanoke! Some day soon. So we’ve been promised… exciting to see how yours works!

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

Sorry, I'm not very good at this platform... trying to share a link to publicity about a grant I'm involved with, including @CHAOLIM85 which is why I tagged him.

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

https://t.co/iFODDS3MUr @CHAOLIM85

[Craig Santos Perez @craigsperez]

Cool to see my poem, “shall I compare thee to the anthrop’cene” in this new anthology!

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@roanoke_rambler That discounted parking thing is, among other things, an indictment of our bus system. If our buses were better, low wage workers might not need to drive at all, saving gas money and parking fees.

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

So excited to work on this!!

[Theo Lim (@chaolim85.bsky.social) @CHAOLIM85]

We received a $1M @NSFCIVIC Innovation Award to continue or work on building capacity to deal with rising temperatures in Roanoke, VA! Our team is co-developing and evaluating a "trauma-informed, healing-centered" approach to resilience planning
https://t.co/cRuQdZl9Vo

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@demiurgently https://t.co/LmRhF7HOlk people really research this. Dragon lore corresponds to places where there is coal. Which burns. 🤷‍♀️

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
https://t.co/L9qdJ21PqE

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@Kenmcld @City_of_Roanoke (Though I should note, in your map, none of the historic streetcar lines go to Gainsboro, the predominantly black neighborhood of the time. At least now our buses — inadequate though they are — serve all neighborhoods in the city.)

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@Kenmcld @City_of_Roanoke Yes! I often think of Margie Jumper, who protested the segregated streetcars in the same vein as Rosa Parks. The streetcars became integrated… and white people stopped riding them… and the city spent less and less on public transit infrastructure only used by “those” people.

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@Kenmcld @City_of_Roanoke Margie Jumper’s transit experience was terrible because of the segregation but it was also pretty decent in terms of service and usability. Underprivileged people in Roanoke now, arguably, experience worse service (frequency, coverage) than she did.

[Laura Hartman @_LauraHartman]

@roanoke_rambler @CHAOLIM85 great advocacy before our city council!!