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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. And public health. Separately, the State of Washington Safe Routes to School program recommends that all cities create traffic safety committees to address such issues as they relate to schools, and SRTS improvements simultaneously benefit neighborhoods.

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A rundown on the whistleblowing process in the federal government

Partnership for Public Service

The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, amended by the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 , protects certain civil servants in the executive branch who report waste, fraud or abuse from retaliation or other abuses of authority. Webinar recording Title: Federal Employee Explainer Series: What are my whistleblower rights?

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2, 2012, in Houston. Last fall, the Houston Chronicle ran an obituary on one of Houston's foremost transit advocates, " Janis Scott, Houston's 'bus lady,' arts patron and tireless advocate for public transit, dies at 73." She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. 9, in Houston.