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Mexico’s ‘Right to Mobility’ Amendment Could Shift Road Safety Discourse and Save Thousands of Lives

The City Fix

On October 14, the country’s Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted in favor of adding an amendment to Mexico’s constitution: Continue reading on TheCityFix.com. In a groundbreaking move for national road safety policy, Mexico has elevated to their constitution a universal right to safe mobility.

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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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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.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. Those who didn’t resign would have faced a public hearing seeking their removal, the people said. John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean Air Advocacy In these letters to the editor of Backwoods Home, readers gain tips on canning garlic and mixed vegetables. Clean Energy Fuels One of the last ways we vote is with our dollar, so learn about the companies that run their delivery trucks using clean fuels. Clean Energy Websites. Where does your city rank?

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

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.