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.

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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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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Allows a developer to not include parking on site in return for a cash payment] Eliminate requirements that force real estate developers to accommodate a minimum number of parking spaces per construction project, a practice that Shoup viewed almost as an established religion in the planning profession.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. From the Smart Transportation Guidebook.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The city’s severe housing shortage threatens its ability to support its existing population and sustain its economic vitality and diversity. The city’s severe housing shortage threatens its ability to support its existing population and sustain its economic vitality and diversity.

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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.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To help support these members who have made a significant sacrifice, AWS is collaborating with the Fisher House Foundation (FHF) , an international nonprofit established to improve the quality of life for members of the military, veterans, and their families. Training and skills development for the military community. Army veteran.

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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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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.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A city is a system of systems, bringing together transportation, energy, buildings, water, waste management and more. Cities are not just places where people live—they are interconnected networks of people, services and economic activity. Transforming these interconnected systems is vital.

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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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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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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

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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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The City Fix

JUNE 5, 2023

In March 2023, the White House announced its federal budget, including funding for a groundbreaking initiative: the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP). The program is unlike anything the U.S. has supported in the past as it will provide matching.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

One difference is that in North Carolina there were no reported local government budgeted amounts as of last December for the sub-categories of Public Transportation, Roadways and Bridges, or Other Infrastructure. Sub-Group of ARP Infrastructure Spending ARP Funds Budgeted (Millions of Dollars) Sewer and Water 23.6 Public Space 12.5

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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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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.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

While the bill remains stalled in the Senate after passing the House this summer, many industry players hope its strong bipartisan support and alignment with broader government efficiency goals will spur swift passage with the new administration. You want a vendor who wont just sell you the solution and walk away.

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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.

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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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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 14, 2022

About Natalie Ikhrata : Natalie is pursuing her Master's in Urban Planning, Housing, and Transportation at the University of Southern California. She is a transportation planner and co-host of her podcast, Urban Planning is Not Boring. Natalie Ikhrata on the topic of compromise in real estate development.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. Redefining vacant land as a system also highlights the importance of engaging stakeholders in achieving community development goals.

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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.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

To support these initiatives, HSR.health uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop solutions that support improvements in healthcare around the world to make care more available and affordable for all. As a cloud-native organization, we began with Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) instances to house our spatial data infrastructures.

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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.

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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.,

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. Tips for Working with Resource Development Staff Resources Notes. How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant Proposal? Taking the Lead in Finding and Applying to Grants a.

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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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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.

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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.

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