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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

GovLoop

That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Before the ADA, Public transportation, such as trains, were not required to have handicap access. Capitol, and then roughly 60 people relinquished their walkers and other mobility aids to crawl up the Capitol steps as part of the protest.

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Chromeos flex: Addressing profile 2 tech challenges on a budget

Open Access Government - Technology News

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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Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

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 safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some time ago, I learned about how the LA Police Department in association with the Housing Authority, created what they called a community safety partnership, to put officers full time in high crime housing projects. Parks conservancies as more engaged parks managers. Engaging the community in positive activities is crucial.

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How To Use ChatGPT To Build Target Personas and Hit the Mark ?Every Time With Your Library Promotions

Super Library Marketing

Terrance doesn’t have a car, but he’s been using public transportation all his life. Settle on a general answer to these questions: Age range Income Education level Living situation (Married, single, living with multiple generations in one house, living in an apartment, unhoused, etc.) He really wants to go to college.

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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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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. This also means that your community engagement needs to be intentional. Without diversity in community engagement, we will only see a problem through the majority group’s lens.