Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the biggest problems with cycling take up, besides the fact that it's slower, so longer trips are less likely to be capturable--even so, 64% of all US trips are 7 miles or less--is secure bicycle parking. Sure there is bicycle parking, but most of it isn't secure. Lack of secure parking is a real problem.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bicycle Traffic as a system, diagram, German National Bicycle Plan, 2002-2012 It doesn't need to take 60 years. But it does need to be purposive. Right now, few cities are doing much that is substantive to directly assist people in transitioning to biking. With one exception. Vouchers and tax credits to buy electric bikes.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

JUNE 9, 2019

By the 1990s, the emergence of civil protection from the matrix of civil defence (Alexander 2002) had broadened the scope to the extent that there was a need for a more functional set of categories. Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) References Alexander, D.E. Natural Disasters.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Rural roads are critical for connectivity, transportation, and development. Photo credit: World Bank Transport Team 2) Road infrastructures connect households to higher quality opportunities for employment, healthcare and education. A road in rural Peru.

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