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Student training program tackles Thailand’s air pollution with help from AirGradient, AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

AirGradient started as a volunteer project for a school impacted by the burning season, and our collaboration with AWS to support Mechai Bamboo School definitely embodies our early spirit,” said Achim Haug, CEO and co-founder of AirGradient. “By

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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. Sometimes kids play in it, but with supervision.

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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. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Years ago, Arlington County, Virginia used to sponsor a sustainable mobility expo.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The trail is definitely utilized. And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. But I guess they don't have a set of basic standards about what a regional bikeway network should look like and how it should be implemented.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Casey Anderson, the chair, was someone I met through bike advocacy, and in 2010, as a member of the Planning Board, he invited me to present on " best practice suburban bicycle planning " at the Montgomery County Planning smart growth series, based on the work I was doing at the time in Baltimore County.

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My ALA Conference

Librarian.net

link] americanlibrariesmagazine.org/ blogs/the-scoop/council-ii- restructuring-and- sustainability/. SustainRT (Sustainability Round Table) produced a really well-written and presented resolution about making ALA more sustainable in terms of climate change, carbon neutrality and encouraging all parts of ALA to pursue these goals.

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