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AN OPEN LETTER TO ELECTED OFFICIALS

Barrett & Greene

Sometimes solid performance management operations – including the emphasis on evidence-based practices, evaluations, and performance measurements – can be downplayed, unused or ignored. In more extreme instances, there have been threats to defund, denature or entirely shut down performance management operations altogether.

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Holodeck: Changing robotics training with infinite virtual environments

Open Access Government - Technology News

Startrek coming to life Holodeck operates on the idea of using language-based commands to replicate detailed virtual spaces. ” With Holodeck’s ability to generate immersive and varied environments rapidly, Holodeck holds promise for applications in gaming, virtual reality, architecture, and urban planning.

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Building Civic Trust Through Civic Tech

GovLoop

As agencies introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, there’s more possibility for enhanced civic tech — and therefore enhanced civic trust — at the federal, state and local levels.

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Building New Informal Bus Routes to Advance Transportation Equity

The City Fix

Operators frequently prefer to drive the safest and most central routes, inadvertently prioritizing commuters traveling to formal jobs in. Do informal transport networks in African cities provide equitable services for everyone that needs them? Unsurprisingly, the answer is often no.

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How artificial intelligence can aid urban development

Open Access Government - Technology News

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant. What’s the ideal spot to plan a farmer’s market or build a new skate park?

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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Then again, it depends on whether or not motor vehicle operators are conscious of pedestrians and bicyclists. There are more traffic deaths outside of cities than within cities, because traffic tends to move more slowly within cities. Coming to Utah, it's a poster child for sprawl, and the mobility paradigm is centered on the car.

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Good quote on arenas and stadiums as "performing arts centers" attractions for cities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Sports stadiums and arenas as performing arts/cultural facilities You either play, and operate, the glorified museum-stadium, which is a tourist attraction, or you “need” the new one complete with an assortment of new-age amenities. You build a building and when it’s life span is over, you build a new one. That’s what these owners want.”

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