Jacob Blizard, Cornell University

Jacob is a fourth-year undergraduate at Cornell University studying Environment and Sustainability with a minor in Community Food Systems. Their studies are self-designed with a concentration in Environmental and Food Systems Justice, explored through political, spatial, and social lenses. They possess interdisciplinary training in the food systems sphere, where they have served as an operations […]
New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program: Key Insights and Tradeoffs

For the second year in a row, New York City ranked as the world’s most congested urban area, with at least half a million vehicles entering the central business district of the Manhattan borough on a typical weekday. On January 5th, 2025, a congestion tolling program was enacted to curb these rising traffic issues. On […]