Katherine Rivard

Into cities, housing, Eastern Europe, and all things storytelling. 🍕🌆🚌🌇 @NYUWagner MUP grad.

[Transportation Alternatives @TransAlt]

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the BQE, a relic of racist, Robert Moses-era urban planning.

We must build equitable transportation infrastructure that brings neighborhoods together by putting New Yorkers first.

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

One of the few reasons I’d set an alarm on a Saturday morning — a BQE Walk & Talk with @TransAlt.

[New York Streets for People @NYstreets4ppl]

Love this! For a fraction of the cost of maintaining roads and other car infrastructure, we can make people happier, healthier, and reduce the ~40,000 deaths/year from car accidents!

Free e-bikes for everyone!

https://t.co/N57Cavd8wR

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

@RachelLau my 2 (very large) zucchini got my backpack pulled aside for searching this morning

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

My mom helped me BUILD MY OWN SHELVES using boards and empty paint cans!!

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

@tuckerhimself Also interesting that that wouldn't just fall into long-term effects...

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

My relationship with my brother consists of me:
1. calling with an IT problem
2. texting about a new food I've seen advertised on Twitter (ex. Skittles gummies??)

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

The punch line of anyone explaining the history of racist housing policy in America is always when they mention that Mitt Romney's dad was actually the good guy.

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

A picture to summarize adulthood

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

"A survey in 2019 found that only 13% of millionaires considered themselves rich. Another, in 2013, found that a majority of investors with more than $1 million in assets still didn’t consider themselves wealthy."
https://t.co/BjEX4FDR9b

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

When the hostess says “I have a table for you in the garden”, all I hear is “mosquitoes”

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

“An imperfect building is a perfect home for anxiety, anger, and social apathy."
https://t.co/qKxa6K6XZZ

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

“Housing is a human and fundamental right, so no matter who you are, how you identify, your HIV status, your addiction, your criminal record, you deserve housing...”

A hopeful housing piece by @RaquelWillis_
https://t.co/CUhJP64PBE

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

I’m just a girl, standing in front of a plate of pickle and Brie toasts, asking them to taste good.

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

I obviously focus more on urban policy these days than foreign affairs, but this is still my favorite newsletter of the week.

[FPI/Interruptrr @fpinterrupted]

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[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

Byron Brown has been mayor of Buffalo since I was 12... This is quite exciting. https://t.co/8Kv2JIT62z

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

"The biggest contributor to the problem is home heating, with many Poles burning coal – and sometimes, illegally, household waste – in domestic stoves."

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

A Polish city has the EU's worst air while a further four places in Poland occupy spots among the bloc's ten most polluted in a new ranking by @EUEnvironment https://t.co/hh6sPVuabs

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

@ClayMGoode Just buy em and fill them with skittles

[Katherine Rivard @rivardkatherine]

Listening to the @FurmanCenterNYU Housing Solutions Lab launch event, and @taraghuveer is sharing some spicy tips for city officials including:
1. Engage deeply & authentically
2. Relate to collectives instead of tokenizing an individual leader
3. Adjust timelines.