Bio: I work as a research assistant in Environmental Policy for Professor Scott N. Spak. I'm currently in the Urban and Regional Planning Masters Program concentrating in Transportation and Land Use/Environmental Planning at the University of Iowa. Over the past year I have been working on developing urban scale emissions estimates for Johnson County, and a link-level benefit/cost analysis of bicycle infrastructure.
Education: B.S. Biology, with minor in Chemistry Pursuing MS in Urban and Regional Planning
Key Publications: M. Pooley, S.N. Spak. Prioritizing complete streets infrastructure for commuter safety and health: a link-level cost-benefit approach. In preparation for Journal of the American Planning Association. M. Pooley, S.N. Spak. Prioritizing complete streets infrastructure for commuter safety and health: a link-level cost-benefit approach. Abstract accepted for student paper submission to The Transportation Research Forum M. Pooley, S.N. Spak. Transferable reduced-form activity modeling for urban-scale sectoral emissions spatial surrogates and inventories from Census data. In prepartion for Atmospheric Environment.
Past Assignments: “Using Census Data and Urban Network Analysis to Plan Better Bike Networks” Iowa Bike Summit, Des Moines, IA 2013 “Design strategies for human & earth systems modeling to meet emerging multi-scale decision support needs“ American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2012 “Evaluating Access to Current and Proposed Facilities in the Iowa City Area using Urban Network Analysis” Iowa Planning Conference, Ames, IA 2012 “Building Better Bike Networks” Think Bicycles, Bike to Work Week, Iowa City, IA 2012 “Developing Iowa Scenic Bikeways” Iowa Bike Summit, Des Moines, IA 2012
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