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Addressing Common Recycling Challenges Through the Recycle Right Campaign

NLC (National League of Cities)

Co-authored by Emma O’Reilly, NLC Federal Advocacy Sustainability Intern “We all have an obligation to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to us,” says Mayor Mary Dennis of Live Oak, Florida.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Campaigns, especially focused on workers and the multiunit buildings, are in order. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit. See Fighting Traffic:The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City.

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Answers to the Most Commonly Asked Questions We Receive about Grants

Peak Proposals

This is because 1) there are grantmakers that focus on education and provide grants to support academic achievement among at-risk populations; and 2) local programs are typically supported at least in part through fundraising campaigns, collecting contributions from local community members and businesses. your sustainability plan).

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Gil Penalosa is running for Mayor of Toronto

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

problem with Blogger -- He has a pro-public space, pro sustainable mobility based campaign. From the article: The thread running through Penalosa’s campaign is that Toronto is a good place to live, but its timid leadership has held it back. But there are a couple dozen candidates, along with the incumbent John Tory.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Pedestrian advocacy organizations like Feet First in Seattle have provided a great deal of support to Walk to School efforts. But that our management processes aren't set up to do that.

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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

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.