The City Fix

JANUARY 9, 2023

The latest UN climate conference, COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, was a significant one for cities in many respects. Delegates established a new fund to help vulnerable countries deal with loss and damages from climate impacts, and some of.

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

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. Sustainable Residence and Rental Unit. The owners hope to see the house last upwards of 100 years. Baseball Park Beer Garden.

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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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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 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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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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The City Fix

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With over half of the world’s population living in cities, urban spaces not only house us but offer opportunities for collective work and learning while serving as sources of creativity, inspiration and hope. Nevertheless, cities also account for a staggering.

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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. Speaking of National Community Planning Month , this could become the foundation of a broader and deeper community planning toolkit, by adding various "missing" sections.

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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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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this episode, Associate Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability Dr. Francesca Hopkins talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about comprehensive solutions to climate change, as well as the importance of local change amid global warming. About Francesca Hopkins : Francesca Hopkins earned her B.A.

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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. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit. Minneapolis Star-Tribune photo. People hanging out in a parklet.

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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. Nonetheless, America’s communities are at a crossroads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Amazon currently employs more than 45,000 veterans and military spouses across multiple businesses, including operations, sustainability, Alexa, and AWS. We believe the military community brings unique skills and experiences to the workforce, and exemplifies many of our Leadership Principles. military service members.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units. Glass collection container in Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City I gave them a bunch of ideas.

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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. Creating "sustainable mobility stores." Bike (sustainable mobility) Festivals. Obviously it's a way to get people consider sustainable mobility.

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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.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

aimed at creating more sustainable and resilient cities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 8, 2024

But I also made the point that the City Transportation Department could have handled outreach a lot better--basically they didn't do any. These are photos of a couple of outreach devices they deployed, including a signboard in the roundabout and a flyer dropped off at area houses.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this episode, Associate Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability Dr. Francesca Hopkins talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about comprehensive solutions to climate change, as well as the importance of local change amid global warming. About Francesca Hopkins : Francesca Hopkins earned her B.A.

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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.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Simply type in your starting point, choose how much time you have, and a preferred mode of transport. The article includes a third map, comparing neighborhoods in terms of how much area can be reached without owning a car, but depending on sustainable modes. You can also layer different maps to compare and contrast.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Note that the original PL series on Silver Spring did discuss an intra core shuttle system to complement their parking structures and to allow for converting Fenton Avenue to a sustainable mobility corridor. But I didn't extend this tertiary transit concept to the transit sheds of other PL stations.

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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

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Creating multi-state regional transportation districts. Especially because with cities, it's possible to visit and tour without a car, but instead by sustainable mobility--transit especially and sometimes biking. See " City Break Tourism, the rental car shortage, and transit/sustainable mobility as a way to get around: Part 1."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

There are three bus stops--no shelters--alongside Sugar House Park for which I am on the board, and I hope that we work with the Utah Transit Authority to put shelters in, and at at least two of the locations, to incorporate greenery. And not providing a shelter doesn't work out so great in the winter either. From the article: Starting Aug.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Housing Market Needs 5.5 Most economists predict prices will fall some (" Moody's: Home prices to fall in these 210 housing markets—while these 204 markets will go higher ," Fortune ). Amenities as a factor in housing choice. But the froth is reduced, especially because of the rise in mortgage interest rates.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For more than a decade I suggested that DC create a Transportation Commission, comparable to the Zoning Commission, to provide greater opportunities for oversight and involvement, both for elected and appointed officials, and citizen members. And that the WMATA Board should be elected.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Filling sandbags at Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. Ward Halls/Democracy House. But that our management processes aren't set up to do that. Funds for small projects.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses."

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

Reducing Market Barriers to Sustainable Farm/Food Businesses: A Business/Consumer Perspective . Many of the suggestions put forth at the conference related to creating sustainable economic development in food systems by improving connections and access, both from the business and the consumer side.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Homelessness concentrates in cities because there are more people, housing is more expensive, and people migrate to cities because they are more likely to offer social services. Readers have called our attention to the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem , which I haven't yet tracked down ("S," Seattle Times ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2023

Include transportation, arts and culture, and tourism planning elements. Getting the Inner Harbor right is an opportunity that will not come again in our lifetimes; it offers the chance to create an economic and perceptual transformation. Instead of a task force. Have an advisory committee with developers and key organizations.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The last few years have illustrated, on issues ranging from mask policies to housing, the power of a small number of energized but vocal participants to sway policy. Organizations such as , ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – are helping to adapt that goal for local governments. ?.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While negotiations rage on, many world leaders have already left COP26 in Glasgow having said their piece about a low-carbon future for their country. No one can accuse them of being short on vision. But one thing is increasingly clear. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

JUNE 13, 2022

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. What makes Vitoria-Gasteiz stand out is the coordinated action its leaders and community. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

APRIL 25, 2023

Most people in India walk – to work, to the market or to the railway station. According to the 2011 Indian census, 48% of people walk or cycle to work every day compared to the less than 3% of people.

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The City Fix

MAY 2, 2023

India is projected to overtake China as the most populous country in the world this year. The shifting demographics are bound to create heightened demand for education, health care, jobs and civic amenities, putting existing systems under stress. Current urban.

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