Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Will sent me an article about advocates concern about a rise in bicyclist related deaths in DC (" Through tears, a devastated mom demands DC do more to keep cyclists safe ," WUSA-TV). Some bike advocacy groups do, like Bike Easy in New Orleans ( Adult programs ). It's an issue in Utah too, although more wrt recreational road biking.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. The Washington Post had a great article, " Kids getting burned on swings and slides?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc.--should The goal is to ensure a sustainable community for future generations through participation in democratic processes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 14, 2022

I collect ephemera--gas station maps, postcards, ads, magazine articles, illustrating mobility patterns from the different eras.) It is spread out over hundreds of square miles, with the deconcentration of land use and the separation of land use. Transit tends to be an inefficient choice as the distances between major destinations is long. (I

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Communication — No matter the field, faculty researchers are generally expected to be publication machines; they write and publish articles for specialized audiences but often are required to translate their findings for more general audiences, whether it is an introductory undergraduate course, an op-ed, or a review for a popular publication.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 10, 2023

Anyway, Greater Greater Washington has an article on the Circulator (" The DC Circulator's electrification dilemma "), saying that the city shouldn't cut back services in order to pay for electric buses, that reducing bus service is a different way of contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. That's crazy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Seattle Times has an article, " After reaching sad record last year, WA traffic deaths trend higher ," about how traffic related deaths are still rising, while they are plateauing elsewhere. An interesting point is that there are fewer crashes, but more deaths per crash.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

It is important to clearly state that the analysis in this article is based on the economic reality that if a loan does not have an interest rate that is appropriately risk-adjusted for its creditworthiness, then by definition there will be cross-subsidies in operation, even if that is not overtly stated. This claim is simply untrue.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 12, 2025

Early in my days of pro center city advocacy, I was somewhat troubled about how advocates jumped on the ideas of Hans Monderman and the woonerf or shared street, streets designed to mix motor vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, as a way to slow traffic and better balance mobility between the car and non motorized forms.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

There is an article at Building Salt Lake, " Why isn’t Utah Transit Authority supporting the Rio Grande Plan? ," opining about why the Utah Transit Authority isn't all in on the concept of reviving Rio Grande Station as the "central station" for Downtown railroad and transit service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Also see Labor Network for Sustainability. She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. From the article: Barry saw the bus companys raised rates as a direct hit to low income people in the District, who were mostly African American. Trump Administration derides equity as an analytical construct.

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