Tag: Philip Shucet
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Tony Downs — an Influencer
Editor’s note: Anthony “Tony” Downs, long-time Virginia resident and scholar at The Brookings Institute, died in October. His thoughts about the economics of transportation had a profound effect on many. by Philip A. Shucet Tony Downs didn’t need social media to be an influencer. Tony published “Stuck in Traffic” in 1992, and in that book,…
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Act 9: Free Toby Cole
by Philip Shucet Toby Cole had something to say. In early April 1970, you had to push tension out of your way when you walked across the drill field at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. Tucked between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, Blacksburg was slow to experience the unrest of the 1960s. In…
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Scenes from the Quarantine
by Philip Shucet Sunshine was an invitation to take a walk yesterday. Since March 9, I’ve been out only twice for grocery store runs. Both trips were on rainy days. Streets in my Norfolk neighborhood are generally quiet, but now they are nearly silent. There’s more time between the sounds of passing cars. Parking spaces…
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Final Day of Quarantine
by Philip Shucet Since the beginning of the year I’ve driven through fifteen states from Florida to Iowa and have been around tens-of-thousands of people to photograph political rallies. Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in every one of those states. On Monday, March 9, I came down with chills and a fever of over 101.…
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Trump Came, He Saw, He Did Not Tweet
President Trump conducted himself with the dignity one normally expects from a president earlier today at the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first legislative assembly in the New World and the arrival of the first African slaves. For a day at least, he set aside sharp words and divisive tweets. Following his controversial…