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What can neighbors do about vacant buildings and lots?

Center for Community Progress

More than just eyesores, they threaten public health and safety, drain tax dollars, bring down property values, and make neighbors feel like nobody cares about the neighborhood. Find out when and where public community meetings are held and attend.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- Public washroom design and technical guidelines , City of Vancouver BC -- " Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space ," Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human (PHLUSH) -- Public toilet advocacy toolkit , PHLUSH -- " Why Do Women Not Use the Bathroom?

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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

Separately, the State of Washington Safe Routes to School program recommends that all cities create traffic safety committees to address such issues as they relate to schools, and SRTS improvements simultaneously benefit neighborhoods. Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. And public health.