June 29, 2021

In a recent article published by The Atlantic, Mobility21 UTC researcher Costa Samaras discusses the recent heat wave in Portland, OR and the need to plan our infrastructure better for the extremes.

“The public might look at engineering and say, ‘Of course they’re designing for a future climate; it would be silly if they weren’t,’” Samaras said. “But we’re basically not doing it.”

Read the full article here.