Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. sustainable mobility. In general, people don't want schools to be bad. civic assets need to be available.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Environmental controls and sustainability: IoT sensors can assist in maximising energy efficiency, monitoring pollution levels, traffic control, and sustainable resources. Public safety and security: The overriding aim of a smart city is to provide citizens with improved living conditions. © Patrick Daxenbichler.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

Technology for Good Awards Additionally, three state departments have been honored with Technology for Good awards across the categories of Social Change, Sustainability, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These winners have emerged as leaders within these categories, even when competing against non-public sector contenders.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 22, 2022

Agencies generate, collect and distribute so much data that impact people’s lives, from health to public safety. It hasn’t always been available to the public, but increasingly, they are making it visible as a way to build trust and be transparent with their constituents. Why It Matters. Second, have accessible assessments.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

While the Tracker includes all forms of local government investment, from community aid to public safety, the rest of this post focuses on infrastructure specifically. Public Space 12.5 Nationally, only about 11% of adopted budget ARP dollars have gone to infrastructure projects. Broadband 2.8 Green Infrastructure 1.0

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Obviously the world needs to fight for sustainability, good stewardship of resources, equity, fairness and peaceful cooperation. Its tasks will be life-saving response, damage limitation, public safety and launching recovery. The penalty for not investing massively in it will be vast and disproportionate increases in losses.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Not just high quality transit, but support for sustainable mobility--walking and biking. Addressing disorder is fundamental to public safety. Addressing disorder is fundamental to public safety. Some of this has to do with public safety.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Improving public safety and innovating through voice and video technology: The latest from AWS CICs. Subscribe to the AWS Public Sector Blog newsletter to get the latest in AWS tools, solutions, and innovations from the public sector delivered to your inbox, or contact us.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

They will also improve infrastructure management and aid in sustainable city development. For instance, municipalities are increasingly focusing on integrating these technologies into their infrastructure to improve everything from traffic management and waste disposal to energy usage and public safety.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

Technology for Good Awards Additionally, three state departments have been honored with Technology for Good awards across the categories of Social Change, Sustainability, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These winners have emerged as leaders within these categories, even when competing against non-public sector contenders.

Education 52

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

Financial data allows for more transparent and accountable budgeting and spending, while environmental data can guide sustainable urban development and resource management. In Conclusion The journey towards embracing data-driven decision-making is not without its challenges, especially for smaller municipalities.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

And property taxes fund basic community services like schools, roads, parks, sidewalks, and public safety—the things that enable families to live and build wealth in vibrant, secure neighborhoods. That consequence exists for a reason. Property has intrinsic and monetary value.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

Much of the revenue comes from $158 million in federal disaster recovery grants and $20 million in a disaster grant to build the new Joplin Public Library. There also is funding from local sales taxes such as capital improvements, public safety, and parks and stormwater that are committed to specific funding needs or projects.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted. Not just for our agency, but for the people that we serve.”.

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Masters in Public Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2010

This site aims to help the world water crisis and promotes sustainable living. Carpe Diem – Western Water & Climate Change Absorb everything you can from this smart, well-written blog. Circle of Blue – Water News All the news you need to know regarding global water changes.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Public safety: Without a safe place to deposit their money, unbanked people are more likely to be victims of crime because they often carry large sums of cash with them or keep cash in their homes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Using a Working Backwards process—which brought workshop participants closer to the source of the problem—Bellevue and its SS4A application collaborators identified projects that can lead to improved road safety outcomes. Improving public safety and innovating through voice and video technology: The latest from AWS CICs.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 14, 2024

For governments, this nuanced insight is invaluable, enabling officials to determine safe and sustainable courses of action. This technology not only protects public infrastructure but also enhances public safety, supporting strategic decision-making whilst streamlining resource allocation.

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Barrett & Greene

MAY 8, 2023

From there it became clear that building and sustaining trust takes both intention and connection. Figuring out where to start felt overwhelming at times, but we discussed actions the organization could take to build and sustain community trust. This process helped us to hone in on communication and public engagement.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

I don't understand when elected officials don't appreciate how important getting public safety under control was to inward investment and population growth in the 2000s. OTOH, having lived in DC in the 1980s and 1990s when things hit bottom, I am anti-disorder to the nth degree. into a global learning hub.”.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

The thing is to improve cities in the post industrial entertainment city paradigm, you have to do everything you can to attract patrons, and urk, even casinos (" As Bally's troubles mount, City Hall has to make sure casino is a winning bet ," Chicago Sun-Times ). -- " Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago ," 2024 - " The unintended (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 27, 2023

It used to be that the first questions we got were about sustainability, food service and tech," Starks said. Now, the focus has shifted to public safety." Music City Center CEO Charles Starks told board members recently that convention attendees are hesitant to venture downtown between meetings. "It

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2024

For example, in a blog entry in 2016, I suggested that such information be provided at the Council District scale and that ward-focused committees address traffic safety and sustainable mobility in concerted ways.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

And public safety. We can't forget the importance of the value of public safety, for business owners and residents. It recently committed $6 million to help the city build a 90,000-square-foot recreation center, with three gyms, multiple pools and a rock-climbing wall. These efforts, executives say, will help woo talent.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. See item #10 in " Creating a Silver Spring "Sustainable Mobility District" | Part 3: Program items 10-18 " (2017), for the concept. These spaces are minimally used on weekends and in the evenings. Create a transportation management district.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

The fact is, except for overly wide avenues, the L'Enfant Plan design for the city and its network of streets and sidewalks prioritizes sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit. Mapping pedestrian, bicycle, transit and car accidents Lots of links within each section. Street design and pavements.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Will sent me an article about advocates concern about a rise in bicyclist related deaths in DC (" Through tears, a devastated mom demands DC do more to keep cyclists safe ," WUSA-TV). It's an issue in Utah too, although more wrt recreational road biking.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 28, 2022

I've written about traffic safety initiatives for awhile, including what are called "Vision Zero" initiatives in DC specifically. Last year I wrote a piece about the failure of such efforts in DC and NYC (" Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC "). And I made a bunch of points. How to measure and benchmark traffic deaths?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Seattle Times has an article, " After reaching sad record last year, WA traffic deaths trend higher ," about how traffic related deaths are still rising, while they are plateauing elsewhere. An interesting point is that there are fewer crashes, but more deaths per crash.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 30, 2024

One innovative option that stakeholders and municipalities have available to them is the adoption of the public safety department model. Wherein, a municipality’s police department, fire department and EMS agency is consolidated into a singular public safety department.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2025

More broadly, the partnership charts a more sustainable path forward at a time when the future of both Pacific Science Center and Seattle Center as well as Seattles downtown as a whole are in flux, and as civic leaders aim to revitalize downtown ahead of the World Cup.

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