Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In this episode, Executive Director of the California Storage and Solar Association Bernadette Del Chiaro talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the importance of solar energy and storage, as well as how they are essential to a sustainable future.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The paper was facing the likelihood of a seventh straight year of declines in revenue, with one preliminary budget estimate showing the possibility of $40 million in losses for 2013. And despite years of heavy investment in new digital offerings, there was little sign that robust profits were about to return, she reported.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 18, 2024

During his 15-year career as a public health and emergency management professional, Cotter has piloted and launched innovative international strategies to localize emergency response operations and build sustainable response functions worldwide. Department of Health & Human Services since 2013.During

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

APRIL 24, 2022

Moreover, at the world scale there has been a gradual and sustained retreat from democracy as well as a retreat from the principle of right to protection (R2P). All of these problems have at their root a lack of foresight and an inability to create stable global governance, as well, of course, as simple bad behaviour by national leaders.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Years ago, Arlington County, Virginia used to sponsor a sustainable mobility expo. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 14, 2023

He was later appointed Interim Fire Chief (2013-2014). We advise public and private organizations on an all-inclusive approach to disaster preparedness that addresses governance, planning, operational procedures, technology implementation, training, and exercises in order to achieve a successful and sustainable program.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We advise public and private organizations on an all-inclusive approach to disaster preparedness that addresses governance, planning, operational procedures, technology implementation, training, and exercises in order to achieve a successful and sustainable program.

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The City Fix

JULY 13, 2023

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

on H Street NE, at least pre-covid, 40% of people throughput was by bus, via 300 bus trips, it's tough to corral automobiles, especially because most of the city, except the core is shaped by the automobility paradigm (" DC as a suburban agenda dominated city ," 2013). And you could run articulated buses to increase capacity.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. At that time, they designated 5 areas, invested a lot in urban design, public art, and sustainable mobility connections between the districts and Downtown. The state later developed its own program.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function. I need not repeat them here. Statler and R.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It definitely is an illustration of my point that bus shelters are "marketing touchpoints" of transit systems (" Arlington County's bus shelters and a public realm framework of quality ," 2013), and if bus shelters are crappy that communicates very clearly that the community doesn't value transit.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 10, 2023

Here in Salt Lake City, a local sustainable mobility group advocated for a dedicated bus lane on a street with only four lanes, for a bus line with fewer than 2,400 riders per day. Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership. That's crazy.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2024

However, if their goal is to drive sustained change, having the right tools becomes essential for data collection and meaningful analysis. Organizations can track trends over time using Excel spreadsheets or even facilitate “turn the curve thinking” with a Word document or a flip chart in front of a group.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2023

This might be a way to amp up the planning function.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Note that the original PL series on Silver Spring did discuss an intra core shuttle system to complement their parking structures and to allow for converting Fenton Avenue to a sustainable mobility corridor. But I didn't extend this tertiary transit concept to the transit sheds of other PL stations.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

More than 106,000 people are already living in the central core, a 61% increase since 2013. Not just high quality transit, but support for sustainable mobility--walking and biking. One example might be rezoning in Belltown and on blighted Third Avenue to encourage taller buildings and residential development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Petersburg Metropolitan Area ," 2017).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

-- " More on Metro and rethinking transit marketing ," 2006 -- " Helping Government Learn ," 2009 -- " Transit, stations, and placemaking: stations as entrypoints into neighborhoods ," 2013 -- " Posting information on board members and the Metro in train stations ," 2017 My concept of a "complementary investment program in the transit network in association (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 28, 2024

Then again, when I get into "arguments" about this, the issue isn't to make people in Montana or Wyoming, who often drive hundreds of miles on trips because of the distance between communities, but to capture as many trips as possible by sustainable means in those places where sustainable mobility is particularly efficient.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. Create a transportation management district.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We mostly dealt with drug and gun crimes, but got robberies, assaults, murder, etc.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

The project took six years to complete, and the station opened in 2012, with full service in 2013. As part of the redevelopment plan, the U4 line was extended by about 4/10 miles with the addition of the HafenCity University station (the line has since been further extended). Conclusion. It's been 26 years.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

sustainable mobility. But these kinds of efforts are often criticized as inequitable ( Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities: Who Wins and Who Loses When Schools Become Urban Amenities , Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara, 2013). In general, people don't want schools to be bad. Transit, walking, biking, car share need to be viable options.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy. Drawing on these data in the period between 2013 and 2018, it appears that there is not a strong correlation between income inequality and democratic backsliding.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Plus, for each person shifted to sustainable modes, that's one less car on the road, one less competitor for limited parking spaces, etc. There is a nexus between bike lanes and gentrification.” Plus it's cheaper (" AAA: Your Driving Costs: The Price of New Car Ownership Continues to Climb "). --over $1,000 per month.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Sustainable mobility platform : this builds off transit to include urban design and multiple modes. It's due for a re-codification, as the comments are replete with additions. -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," (2018) 8. While dedicated ROW would be nice, it's not required.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

Admittedly, many transportation agencies are investing a lot in urban design, livable streets, sustainable mobility, etc. But even in the best agencies, a lot of the time sustainable mobility and urban design elements are overlooked, or removed from plans because of the cost. Mayors as systems integrators.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The injuries must not have been sustained in a combat zone. All three claims were barred since the Court implied from the FTCA's purpose that Congress intended to not waive sovereign immunity for suits by military members for injuries sustained incident to military service. However, there are limitations. United States , 733 F.3d

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

From the article: “To be good in the business of football today — and good to me is not being good one year, but try to sustain it year in and year out — you have to understand economics and you have to understand value,” Kraft said near the end of his team’s almost-magical 2007 season. “I

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices, and in a park setting, manipulation of park equipment and facilities Performing Arts : including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), music (popular, jazz, opera, classical, etc.) Exhibit: The Landscape Architecture Legacy of Dan Kiley.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices, and in a park setting, manipulation of park equipment and facilities Performing Arts : including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), music (popular, jazz, opera, classical, etc.) Movie night in Laird Park, a neighborhood park in Salt Lake City.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

In fact, since about 2013, the FHFA limits the volume of business that the two GSEs can do in the multifamily business to ensure that the advantages each has from government support do not unfairly allow them to take market share away from the private sector. [31] 31] Prior to conservatorship, this was not true.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 23, 2025

Some teams provide a great deal of information or support for sustainable mobility, most don't. transportation demand management plans should set targets for each mode, with a focus on trips by sustainable mobility. Promising high quality service when transit modes lack the throughput and capacity to deliver (e.g.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Also see Labor Network for Sustainability. I have thoughts on this in " What is an inclusive city? " (2013) but I can't say it's super specific. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this.

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