A dispute over Amtrak funding derailed a vote on THUD
GCN
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The House GOP’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bill would cut $8 billion from the departments. But that’s not what scuttled the vote.
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Opinion: Workforce housing essential for CT economic growth
The Whistle Post
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Child care and transportation are two of the challenges, and both have long been considered to have a national impact. It’s the elephant in the room, and it’s why there is now an unmistakable link between affordable housing and Connecticut’s ability to build a competitive labor force. I commend Gov.
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5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action
The City Fix
AUGUST 1, 2022
Their strategies typically focus on reducing emissions from sectors such as transportation, energy, housing and waste. Cities and communities around the world are stepping up to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent dangerous climate change impacts. But there’s one sector many communities.
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Introducing UrbanShift City Academy: A New Resource and Learning Platform to Empower Sustainable Urban Development
The City Fix
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
From leading the shift to zero-emission transportation networks to advancing solutions to curb plastic waste at. If you’re a regular reader of TheCityFix, you’re no stranger to the vital role that cities play in shaping the future of our planet.
Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 25, 2022
I've written so much about how Prince George's County, Maryland has been handed so many opportunities to reposition the county around transit oriented development, yet they've failed to take advantage of the opportunities time and time again. Gensler/Urban Atlantic). And it is a part of #12 in the action points list in the 2014 piece.
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Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help
The City Fix
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Some of the fastest growing cities in developing countries like India, Brazil and Ethiopia are strapped for cash. Up to 70% of residents in developing. These cities often struggle to provide basic infrastructure and services for a growing population, leading to widespread inequalities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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Cultural Districts Achieve Citywide Goals: Highlighting the Transgender District
NLC (National League of Cities)
AUGUST 4, 2022
The following blog highlights how cultural districts, such as the Transgender District, play a proactive role in achieving comprehensive city goals related to housing, community development, transportation, arts/culture, and […] Source
National Community Planning Month: Resource | Planning Whole Communities Toolkit, Puget Sound Regional Council
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
In writing the previous post on schools as neighborhood anchors, I referenced the Planning Whole Communities Toolkit , by the Puget Sound Regional Council.
Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Also see " Op-Ed in Washington Post about preserving affordable housing in the Purple Line corridor (Department of Duh) " from earlier in the year on the same topic. It's what you call a "priming effect." And you want that to happen, since you're spending billions of dollars on it.
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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox
Microsoft Public Sector
OCTOBER 29, 2024
As AI technologies become essential in federal agencies, establishing a responsible, secure, and ethical framework for their development and deployment is crucial. The National AI Initiative Act of 2020 further bolsters this foundation by promoting AI research and policy development.
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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. Salt Lake City Transportation Department pop up booth at Poplar Grove Park.
Government EV fleets are expanding to include charging infrastructure for larger vehicles
American City & Country
AUGUST 14, 2024
The company develops shared private fleet charging hubs that service multiple commercial fleets in secure, high-power locations with dedicated charging access and availability. In April, Bhat served on a White House Roundtable on Zero-Emission Freight Infrastructure.
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Singapore’s EVe harnesses the power of data with help from NTT DATA, AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
JULY 16, 2024
In alignment with Singapore’s ambitious sustainability objectives , the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore is intensifying its efforts to spur the adoption of electric vehicles. Additional security measures include AWS Secrets Manager for housing credentials and AWS Certificate Manager for SSL certificates.
America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future
American City & Country
AUGUST 23, 2024
In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. A recent great example is the Water Resources Development Act.
How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience
The City Fix
APRIL 4, 2024
In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.
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Chromeos flex: Addressing profile 2 tech challenges on a budget
Open Access Government - Technology News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
With essential services becoming ever more integrated with technology, accidents like this prevent citizens from booking doctor’s appointments, paying bills, taking public transport and more. million households in the UK without internet access, according to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee.
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“Win-Win” Solutions to Climate Change and Extreme Heat
Policy Chats
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Currently, Francesca runs the UCR Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lab, which studies emissions that affect the climate and air quality with the goal of developing the science to reduce these emissions. Learn more about Francesca Hopkins via [link] Podcast Highlights: “There's so many other ways we contribute to climate change.
A Vision for AI in Government: The AI-Savvy Agency
GovLoop
MARCH 14, 2024
AI could be one of the most significant areas of growth and development in government, as well as in places where the private sector and government meet. Working with a governance board, the officer will develop processes for AI testing, including the use of red teams, or internal “hackers,” who work to expose system flaws.
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Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 1826 programs
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JULY 17, 2024
I've written hundreds of blog entries about bicycling and how to promote it as a real form of transportation, focused on but not limited to DC, which is a perfect city for it. More recently, Washington Area Bicyclists Association has sponsored such events for seniors specifically (" Older adult transportation block party ").
FORT WORTH: THE TRAIN IS ON THE TRACKS
Barrett & Greene
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.
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FORT WORTH: THE TRAIN IS ON THE TRACKS
Barrett & Greene
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Back a year ago, for example, we wrote that phase one of the city’s efforts – notably priority-based budgeting (PBB) –involved three departments: police, human resources and transportation and public works. A couple of other initiatives that Cooke talked about a year ago were to begin implementing both Lean Six Sigma and Sunrise Reviews.
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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
MAY 12, 2023
We are fundraisers, so nonprofits often place us in the development department. Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Sometimes we are found in administration or some other catchall department.
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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses
Center for Community Progress
OCTOBER 12, 2023
4 Acquire, rehabilitate, and sell or reuse properties; develop plans; and other CDBG-eligible activities. Surface Transportation and CDBG: Combined expenditure limits. For funds obligated for Surface Transportation projects and CDBG-eligible projects, the expenditure deadline is September 30, 2026.
Dr. Francesca Hopkins: “Win-Win” Solutions to Climate Change and Extreme Heat
Policy Chats
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Currently, Francesca runs the UCR Greenhouse Gas Emissions Lab, which studies emissions that affect the climate and air quality with the goal of developing the science to reduce these emissions. Learn more about Francesca Hopkins via [link] Podcast Highlights: “There's so many other ways we contribute to climate change.
A wrinkle in thinking about the Transformational Projects Action Planning approach: Great public buildings aren't just about design, but what they do
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 28, 2022
I wrote that : TPAPs should be implemented at multiple scales: (1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g.,
Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 9, 2024
I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. Level of service a s a public administration term The term Level of Service is typically thought of in transportation term is used to refer to vehicle throughput, functioning of intersections, etc.
What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 18, 2024
Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. 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.
Finding future public service leaders: Perspectives from an intern
Partnership for Public Service
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The program places students in paid summer internships at the departments of Commerce or Transportation or the General Services Administration. I worked in the Office of the White House Liaison, which onboards political appointees and places them within the different offices and bureaus that fall under Commerce.
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, Japan, as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning | Planning and executing complementary improvements across the transit network + advances in transit marketing
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Creating multi-state regional transportation districts. Transit oriented development is economic development. Complementary improvements for the transit network and economic development. For a time Transport for London and its predecessors produced great tourism guidebooks. Wkipedia photo.
Community building versus economic development
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 21, 2024
A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Similarly, a school in her neighborhood is closing and she suggests it become a library, even though it's a good site for multiunit housing, when the main library is just a few miles away.
National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 19, 2023
Filling sandbags at Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. The city developed a capacity building and training infrastructure to support it, after they realized the average community group didn't have the capacity to do it on their own. This week: How about volunteering in something?
AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity
AWS Public Sector Blog
AUGUST 31, 2022
This year’s cohort brought forward innovative ideas that will improve access to care, provide actionable health equity data, expand access to medical transport, and help people without a home reach housing and health goals. New global program to help customers develop solutions to improve health outcomes and health equity.
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Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services
AUGUST 18, 2023
Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.
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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Work First (TANF) , which provides direct cash assistance as well as assistance with childcare, transportation, job searches, and job training for eligible families who need help achieving self-sufficiency through employment. What types of social services programs is a county mandated to administer or provide? State , 368 N.C. Note that G.S.
Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Since 2003, when I was on the board of H Street Main Street, and advocating that the group create a housing growth strategy in its retail trade area, I suggested that the RFK parking lots, especially along Benning Road, should be converted to housing and mixed use development. Other areas too.)
7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality
The City Fix
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The house has a toilet and electricity, but the costs for both. Owusu lives with his wife and four children in the Tantra Hills neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, where he shares his residence with five other tenants and their families. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America
The City Fix
AUGUST 6, 2020
The large cities in the Latin American region all have one thing in common: the opportunities for employment and income are concentrated in a few districts while, more and more, sprawling housing zones are located on the outskirts of cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The article discusses how the Regional Transit Service in Rochester New York developed "partnership" funding agreements with schools, colleges, and businesses to provide financial support beyond farebox revenue, to support mutual agreed upon objectives. It's worth a read. historic architecture 2. And that the WMATA Board should be elected.)
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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
OCTOBER 12, 2022
All to the good, I was surprised to see that more than a handful of houses have gates so they can access the trail, some with elaborate connections because of grade. There were incursions onto the corridor from some houses but it was pretty rare--some bad, but many would be considered acceptable--growing stuff, art works, etc.
AI: Challenges to deploy responsible & ethical systems
Open Access Government - Technology News
JUNE 22, 2023
Why you need a consultant for AI advice Most organisations do not have the experience and skills in-house to navigate these ethical systems and bias challenges associated with implementing AI. construction, transport, defence, etc.) We argue here that ethical systems for AI are a must for your business.
That’s so major! The Partnership’s work supporting leaders of major federal investments programs
Partnership for Public Service
JULY 16, 2024
Our work to date The Partnership for Public Service has developed resources – detailed below – to help leaders implement these laws for maximum impact. We learned from implementors that strong technical assistance programs are key in helping state and local governments, and communities, apply for and manage federal funding.
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Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further — Inequity in the US
The City Fix
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
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.
Change takes a long time: Parks edition
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Today we had a ribbon cutting for the new Fabian Lakeside Pavilion at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake, where I am on the board. Similarly, we've developed some nice signage for the pavilion, although it's not quite installed. One of seven pavilions, they are about 60 years old. Other federal agencies like BLM use the same guidelines.)
How Agencies Use AI Today
GovLoop
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
And the city of Phoenix developed myPHX311 , which is both a mobile app and an online portal where an AI chatbot helps residents contact key departments and weigh in on local activity. The systems decide about public benefit eligibility, policing, housing, health care, immigration, education, child welfare and other concerns.
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