PennDOT and the City of Pittsburgh are rushing to build a new Fern Hollow Bridge to replace the one that collapsed in January 2022. PennDOT released a conceptual rendering of the new bridge design on March 8, 2022. Unfortunately, the rushed process has resulted in some serious design flaws that need to be addressed before
Month: March 2022
What You Can Do to Stop Putin
Horrifying images have been coming out of Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, 2022. Western countries have since imposed significant sanctions on Russia. While this has caused the Russian Rouble to fall, the currency drop has so far been smaller than previous currency slumps (see Figure 1). Figure 1: Rouble in Russian Currency Crises