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  • Mountain Towns Face Big-City Traffic. Maybe It's Time for Big-City Transit.

    January 31, 2020 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Park City, Utah

    With rural areas and mountain towns increasingly facing traffic issues during peak outdoor season or other temporary population growth periods, some have modeled responses after urban transit plans. Park City, the host of the Sundance Film Festival offers free buses throughout the weekend to cut back on commuter traffic; other towns have planned shuttle services between towns and dedicated e-bike routes to reduce car usage in their communities.

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  • Zero bikers or pedestrians were killed by cars in Oslo last year: What can the U.S. learn from its success?

    January 09, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    Oslo, Norway saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019. The success comes from infrastructure redesign, increased traffic enforcement, overall policy prioritization of road safety, and collaboration between residents, organizations, and government. In the United States, many cities are working toward “Vision Zero” – zero pedestrian and cycling deaths – and are looking to Oslo as an example.

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  • Cities Struggle to Boost Ridership With ‘Uber for Transit' Schemes

    January 02, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    Data-driven transport can improve access and efficiency if properly implemented. In Shanghai, China, users benefit from customized bus routes designed by artificial intelligence software. Other countries, however, have discontinued pilots of programs similar to the one implemented in China. Elsewhere, in Innisfil, Ontario, a different kind of program helps to fill the gap in public transport--namely, subsidized Uber rides.

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  • A tale of two metros: how the London tube beat the New York subway Audio icon

    December 16, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Though they started at similar points, the London Underground has become one of the most successful models of public transportation, while the New York Metro has declared a state of crisis. The reason? The London Underground learned from early financial and marketing failures and took advantage of financial incentives in expanding business into the transportation industry by renewing old infrastructure.

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  • The Case for Portland-to-Vancouver High-Speed Rail

    December 04, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In an age of congestion and bumper-to-bumper traffic along the Pacific Northwest I-5 corridor, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, BC look to the success of high-speed trains in Europe for inspiration. The international phenomenon of cross-country bullet trains - some reaching up to 250mph - has reduced transport time and competes with short-term flights that expend massive amounts of fuel. Now, the Pacific Northwest cities discuss plans to overhaul their current lagging transportation in exchange for a new high-speed railway.

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  • When Residents Support Solar—Just ‘Not in My Backyard'

    November 20, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Fredericksburg, Virginia

    Solar power panels are broadly supported across America, as concern about climate change increases; however, not all supporters want solar power plants in their backyard. Now, companies and local governments work to install these renewable energy sources while informing neighbors and stakeholders of the benefits of these plants.

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  • In Peoria, Green Infrastructure As a Path to Social Equity

    November 20, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Peoria, Illinois

    Green infrastructure provides a return on investment and improves the quality of life in a community. In Peoria, Illinois, the city’s Public Works Department has piloted several green infrastructure initiatives with the help of funding of a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant. Projects like the Well Farm at Voris Field, zero runoff streets are proving successful at capturing sewer runoff and creating economic value, while the youth volunteer PeoriaCorps are helping make the projects community-based.

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  • GPS for Air Travel Came With Big Downsides: Noise, Then Lawsuits

    November 18, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Scottsdale, Arizona

    To enhance air travel, the F.A.A. rolled out a system that enables airplanes to fly closer together using GPS, rather than the traditional radar locators. But residents near these new flight paths have risen up to contest the air pollution created by the lower, more frequent flight patterns. With impending lawsuits, the F.A.A. has to work with local officials to create a joint solution.

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  • Fresno's poorest neighborhood changed the city. How residents took their community back

    November 15, 2019 |

    The Fresno Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Grassroots movements for urban renewal in the Lowell neighborhood of Fresno, California has given power back to the people in the urban planning of their own community. With the help of social media, community members have created a forum between themselves and their city, resulting in 95% less blight and a reduction in crime throughout Fresno.

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  • Some building works threaten Turkish antiquities. Others save them

    November 14, 2019 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Antakya

    After discovering historic artifacts on land preparing to become a hotel in Antakya, Turkey, owners chose to develop a combined hotel and history museum, a rare act of collaboration between preservationists and developers. The developers, who incorporated ancient relics like a bathhouse and the world's largest mosaic floor, work consciously to preserve and memorialize the land they are building on to ensure culture significance is not lost among new developments.

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