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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 22, 2025
This one is from February 2014. Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them. The Height Limit discussions.
zencity
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
While not all states have mandatory recycling laws, whether for disposables or organic waste, most cities and counties have some sort of voluntary or required household recycling program, separate from requirements for commercial recycling. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent !
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 11, 2024
18 It is worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), from time to time, estimates the value of the subsidies to the FHLB system. It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 19 That was a very significant amount 20 years ago. billion for fiscal 2024.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 10, 2024
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, " Mayor Parker’s budget slashes funding for Vision Zero, a program designed to end traffic deaths ," that the mayor has cut funding for Vision Zero programs, which are designed to reduce traffic fatalities. Other cities have had mixed to negative results from similar initiatives.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
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. Even neighborhood associations. gentrification crisis?
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 3, 2025
Magazine -- " Women's Place: Urban Planning, Housing Design, and WorkFamily Balance ," Fordham Law Review -- " Women in the Urban Environment ," Signs Vol. Some cities and states have been changing laws to address this (" 'Potty Parity': Equal Wait Time for Men's and Women's Restrooms ," Time Magazine ). Gender budgeting.
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