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Re-Thinking Street Design with a Gender Lens: Lessons from a Street Experiment in Istanbul

The City Fix

Although it is widely recognized that gender disparities are echoed in the design and operation of urban transportation systems, gender-responsive transportation planning is still in its early stages. Drawing from the TOPUK project, which stands for “Women Accessing Public Transport,”.

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How to Effectively Plan Your Public Involvement Initiative for Transport

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In this new three-part blog series, follow Adrienne Hamilton’s journey to get a client-side view of successful project planning, launching, and reporting of a public involvement initiative for transport. Learn how you can also create positive project outcomes with your online community engagement platform of choice.

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No Safe Journeys for Women: Why Mobility Systems in African Cities Are Failing Women’s Needs

The City Fix

For a woman living in an African city, public transport can be a daunting experience. Women usually plan their trips in advance, and consider a multitude of factors before setting out: What is the safest way to reach the bus.

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Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further — Inequity in the US

The City Fix

This equals approximately 7 billion trips per year, making school buses one of the most widely used forms of public transport in the United States.  More than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every year. But those trips aren’t always.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Public Transit Involvement Wrap-up Reporting

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In this new three-part blog series, follow Adrienne Hamilton’s journey to get a client-side view of successful project planning, launching, and reporting of a public involvement initiative for transport. Learn how to create positive project outcomes with your online community engagement platform of choice.

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Demystifying AI: How RAG boosts efficiency in state and local government departments

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Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more.

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How Diversity Affects Decision-Making in Communities

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In this article, we’ll explore three benefits of diversity in community engagement: Diversity can help groups to analyze the facts more clearly. So, it’s important to think about how we can capture feedback from as many different community members as possible if we want to make thoughtful, people-led decisions.