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3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

The City Fix

The coronavirus pandemic hit public transport hard. There is serious concern that people will increasingly opt for private vehicles, should public. Global ridership tanked initially by as much as 80%, and transit was still at around just 20% of pre-pandemic ridership at the end of 2020. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. Chan School of Public Health , Mass General Brigham , Philips , Rock Health , and ScaleHealth.

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Supporting health equity with data insights and visualizations using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

We then deliver actionable data insights to our clients, including healthcare decision makers, government leaders, the emergency response community, health systems, and global public health organizations. health set out to use data and technology to identify the health factors that most impact people.

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8 Ideas for Old Subway Cars: Proposals to Repurpose Retired BART Trains

Reprogramming the City

San Francisco’s BART transportation agency has released eight ideas for old subway cars that were the winning proposals to repurpose retired trains from the fleet. The owners hope to see the house last upwards of 100 years. Which begs the question – what will become of the “Fleet of the Past?

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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How Communities Are Using Data to Address Inequities

GovLoop

Environmental Where do environmental hazards put public health at risk? Still, public policies around zoning, environmental cleanup and other community planning issues often lead to increased risks in communities where constituents lack a say in policy decisions. Here are some examples of what can be done in key policy areas.

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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses

Center for Community Progress

It will likely be more efficient for communities to pursue these activities under that Rule’s “public health and negative economic impacts” eligible use category, rather than trying to pursue them under the CDBG-eligible projects category. Surface Transportation and CDBG: Combined expenditure limits.