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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Broken Windows theory (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) posits that communities where there are vacant buildings, litter, abandoned cars etc. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Of course, the bigger cities, with homelessness, a propensity for vandalism, higher usage, low investment in facilities, and lack of attendants, have a problem in maintaining quality public facilities (" The Disappearing Public Toilet ," Seton Hall Law Review , 2020). Fancy restroom" in Bryant Park, New York City. NYC shows that they do.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

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. -- " Getting WMATA out of crisis: a continuation of a multi-year problem that keeps getting worse, not better ," 2015 -- " DC area transit commission board member thinks he has a brilliant idea on how to fund Metrorail: sales taxes ," 2022 It's a shame that it had to reach the level of a super crisis to do anything.

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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

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in the Community Room of the Logan Library on May 16. The planning documents, Safe Streets for All Action Plan and Safety Data Analysis in particular, have a lot of great graphics communicating information in various ways about where crashes occur, demographics, etc., CMPO’s 2024 Safety Summit will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

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More than a quarter of ambassador positions are without a Senate-confirmed official, hindering American diplomacy

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The Senate confirms ambassadors because the Constitution enumerates this role, and the absence of Senate-confirmed ambassadors can put the communication and evaluation of foreign interests to the U.S. interests for certain periods of time, there is added weight behind communications from an ambassador endorsed by two branches of the U.S.

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