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How London Uses Road Fees to Tackle Air Pollution and Inequality

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More recently, in 2013, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died at the hands of air pollution. Half a century ago, a lethal haze of smoke and fog, otherwise known as the Great Smog of 1952, covered London and killed as many as 12,000 people. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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A Decade of Connect Karo: Advancing Urban Development, Food Security, Climate Resilience and Electric Mobility

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Since 2013, WRI India’s annual flagship event, Connect Karo, has served as a platform for facilitating dialogue between policymakers, experts. Join us July 17-18 for Connect Karo 2023 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Register now and review the agenda.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Overnight transit service ," 2012 -- " Night moves: the need for more night time (and weekend) transit service, especially when the subway is closed ," 2013 -- " Night and weekend transit/subway service ," 2016 -- " Overnight transit service: San Francisco ," 2016 The 2013 entry states that bus service should be provided to airports when Metrorail (..)

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

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VVs, or Verkehrsverbund, are German "transport associations" that are organized at the regional scale to plan, coordinate, and deliver transit services in an integrated fashion. --" Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," Ralph Buehler, John Pucher & Oliver (..)

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels. Photo: Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal. Petersburg Metropolitan Area ," 2017).

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, the Memphis Medical District Collaborative created a Streetscape Lookbook to shape the look of the streetscape and road network. Car sharing.

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Should transit on inauguration day be free (Reprint)

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(Reprint) ," Note: some stations will be closed within the National Mall area, and service will start at 4 am but "Everyone over the age of 5 needs a SmarTrip card to enter and exit stations." == The original post was from January 2, 2013, about 3 weeks before the Inauguration for President Obama's second term.