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Nominations open for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards

American City & Country

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards. Since 2004, the Crown Communities awards have recognized government projects with long-term implications for a city/county/municipality and its constituents. If it has made an impact, nominate it.

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Great News for Chile

Human Transit

In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region. The reform introduced integrated bus service planning and also changed the motivations of bus drivers.

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Recreation planning and financing failure in Philadelphia: 11 of 12 public swimming pools have closed

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article on the latter, " Philly’s indoor pools have become ‘a travesty’ after decades of disrepair and neglect ," about how 11 of 12 public indoor pools are closed because of facility failure--from 2004 to 2019.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Front-line' workers include those who serve in hospitals, work in care homes, run public transport and deliver essential items. Internationally, the greatest lesson of the previous SARS pandemic (2002-2004) was that international cooperation was the key to reducing its impact. Covid-19 is no different in this respect.