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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

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s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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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

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In preparing for that interview, I looked at the websites for all of the city's Advisory Neighborhood Commssions (ANCs are block and neighborhood specific councils that weigh in on matters before DC government) and just a handful had transportation/public space committees. And public health. Street design and pavements.

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Privatization of municipal utility systems (water mostly)

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Since privatization, more than half the net profit has been returned as dividends to the private owners, while investment in infrastructure languishes (" Water privatization: a dirty story about profit ," " Watery grave ," and " Water firms exist to sustain life. From " Water firms exist to sustain life.