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How Livingston Parish prepares for natural disasters by improving resiliency in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Such was the case for the 911 system in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, an agency that dispatches for 21 public safety agencies including law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services, and averages over 325 calls for service per day. When a natural disaster strikes. “In In Varnado’s estimation, custom development was key.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, in a blog entry in 2016, I suggested that such information be provided at the Council District scale and that ward-focused committees address traffic safety and sustainable mobility in concerted ways.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've mentioned this for years (" Social marketing and aberrant driving ," 2020, " When the car lobby encourages law breaking ," 2012), but only recently after some high profile deaths is the city addressing this (" Reckless drivers in spotlight as D.C. Sometimes there are issues, admittedly, but mostly it's recklessness.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Magazine -- " Women's Place: Urban Planning, Housing Design, and WorkFamily Balance ," Fordham Law Review -- " Women in the Urban Environment ," Signs Vol. S188-S214 The presence of women as an indicator of safety in the public space. -- " Female-Friendly Cities: Rethinking the Patriarchy of Urban Planning ," Ms. 3, Supplement.