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Transit equity day, Sunday 2/4/24, in honor of Black History Month, Rosa Parks, and the significance of transportation history to African-American History

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's great that transit agencies are taking this step to link African-American and transportation history. But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face and spearhead out front. Davis, authored a book, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities.

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Electric vehicles as next generation asphalt nation: Car Harm paper

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the early 1960s, gasoline station companies had a campaign promoting asphalt (made from oil) road pavements. The report concludes: In 2019, 43% of people killed by motor vehicles were walking, using a wheelchair or riding a bike. Atlantic Imperial Washington DC Metro Baltimore Road Map, 1964, back panel.

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, or trottinettes, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. From the article: N ormally, anything that combats the notorious traffic congestion on the streets of Paris deserves applause.

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Purpose, crisis and new leadership The starting point, as always with the instinct for systemic reform, is purpose born of crisis: When Volodymyr Zelensky became Ukraine’s president in 2019, he promised to modernise a state that until then had been a byword for bureaucracy and corruption.

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July 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

Windows Server 2022 October 26, 2021— KB5006745 (OS Build 20348.320) Windows Server 2019 October 19, 2021— KB5006744 (OS Build 17763.2268) Windows Server 2016 October 12, 2021— KB5006669 (OS Build 14393.4704) NPS extension versions beginning 1.2.2131.2 Using Office Perpetual versions like Office 2019, Office 2019, and Office 2021/LTSC.

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November 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

MC670895 — (Updated) Exchange Transport Rules (ETRs) stopping support for DLP scenarios Mail > Layout and scroll to " Sender image ". What you can do to prepare: You may consider updating training and documentation as appropriate. What you need to do to prepare: There is nothing to prepare for this change.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. Like Tower Hamlets' IdeaStores (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019), it should have been placed in the commercial district. This extends to other public lands.) That's not a lot of money.