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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

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sustainable mobility. In general, people don't want schools to be bad. WRT "daycare" one rise in PreK education for 3 to 5 year olds in cities like DC and NYC is to address the dearth of quality daycare and the expense. Transit, walking, biking, car share need to be viable options. civic assets need to be available.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

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to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. She did, for facade improvements in small towns, but didn't extend the concept to planning more generally.

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

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2, 2012, in Houston. Also see Labor Network for Sustainability. For example, " Making bus service sexy and more equitable " (2012) discusses how investment in bus systems, network breadth and depth, and streetcars is a benefit for the transit dependent. 9, in Houston. published by Island Press, on these issues.