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4 Lessons on Optimizing Land Use and Mobility to Fight Climate Change From Vitoria-Gasteiz

The City Fix

What makes Vitoria-Gasteiz stand out is the coordinated action its leaders and community. Like many European cities in the 20th century, Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of the Basque Country in Spain, experienced rapid population growth, followed by increased motorization and urban sprawl. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate. While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Photo: Leah Hogsten, Salt Lake Tribune.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units.

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From Bloomberg: A Commuting Resolution for 2025: Ride Your Local Subway or Bus Regularly

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

of US adults use public transportation to get to work, according to 2022 data from the Census Bureau, down from 5% in 2019. The average US household spends $13,174 per year on transportation, more than 85% of which go to car payments, gas and other automotive expenses. -- article Only 3.1% In the European Union, its only 11%.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. 9, in Houston.