Sloane Merritt

Sloane Merritt

@sloane_gridnotes

Sloane Merritt is a New York City transit planner who collects neighborhood stories, explores cities by bike, and cooks from pantry leftovers. They believe thoughtful design should make ordinary days...

Recent posts

Tijuana todavia trailer and Venice premiere

What the Tijuana, todavía Trailer Places in View A film about migration can easily be flattened into a story about movement from one border to another. The trailer for *Tijuana, todavía* seems more interested in what happens when people ar...

Planning around Brazilian Day street closures

A Midtown street closure worth planning around this Sunday If your Sunday trip involves Midtown, the NYC DOT weekend advisory has one closure that is easy to miss until you are already trying to cross it: the Brazilian Day Festival will oc...

Why civic technology needs fewer dashboards

the extra dashboard problem i keep seeing public services add another dashboard, another login, another place for residents to check whether something happened. for transit riders, that can mean tracking a bus, reporting a blocked stop, co...

The Odyssey IMAX format and theater access

Is IMAX becoming part of the story, not just the screening format? The official featurette about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey being shot completely in IMAX is interesting for a reason that goes beyond image size. It treats the capture f...