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  • Cities are getting more crowded: better design could stop violence

    June 15, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Researchers found that more greenery in urban spaces reduces crime and this idea of combatting crime with good design is part of a discipline called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED. It spread around the world, but there also downsides. A new generation of CPTED advocates are expanding the field to consider social factors underlying crime and engage with local communities when designing projects because just discouraging crime is not enough to make spaces inviting.

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  • Urban farming has arrived: here's four ways to make a success of it

    June 15, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague

    As urban farming proves to be a viable solution for the need to produce more food, many find the landscape of city-farming difficult to navigate due to space and expenses. In The Netherlands, however, a handful of small-scale solutions have stood out and allowed farmers to find success.

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  • UW program helps disadvantaged students thrive in tough engineering college

    June 13, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The University of Washington State Academic Red Shirt program provides enrolled students with an extra year of prerequisite instruction in an attempt to prepare them to pursue an engineering degree. Five years in, the model, which mirrors the academic "red shirt" concept, has shown promising results, enabling students from lower-performing high schools to catch up before formally embarking on the path to an engineering degree.

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  • Singapore using virtual reality in counterrorism

    June 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality optimize limited public safety resources and help officers better respond to complex situations under pressure. As Singapore invests in such technologies, the focus is always on improving the capabilities of frontline officers, says Ng Yeow Boon, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ tech chief.

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  • Three ways cities remodelled their streets for people, not cars

    June 08, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Pedestrian-oriented development takes many forms, but three cities have demonstrated success. In New York City, a local transit commissioner convinced the city to pedestrianize parts of Times Square using data to make the case. In San Paulo, local officials simply repainted streets to test redesign efforts. Finally, Barcelona is becoming known for its superblocks, which decrease car use by redesigning large city blocks.

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  • Mexican women drivers' collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers

    June 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Tuxtla Guitierrez, Chiapas

    Safe Drivers, or Choferas Seguras, is a collective of women drivers that offer secure rides to “family members and friends who need to get to school, work, doctor’s appointments and other places.” The collective helps both the drivers and the women get around in a state where driving around can sometimes be dangerous.

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  • The town that refused to let austerity kill its buses

    June 06, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Oxfordshire

    When subsidies for local buses were cut, bus services stopped in West Oxfordshire. Rather than give in and allow retirees and children to be stuck in their homes, forward-thinking citizens stepped up and created a co-operative to run their own bus system, West Oxfordshire Community Transport. Through volunteer efforts and dedicated workers, the system is thriving and the model has spread across the UK.

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  • Netherlands to build world's first habitable 3D printed houses

    June 06, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Eindhoven

    After facing a shortage of bricklayers, the Netherlands found a housing solution which also doubled as a way of cutting development costs and damage to the environmental. Project Milestone, a development that creates 3D printed houses, is the first of its kind and is already drawing a steady residential candidate pool.

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  • Will Ride-Sharing Replace Traditional School Buses?

    June 06, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Colorado and California, innovative new ride share platforms are gradually replacing traditional yellow school buses in order to reduce travel time for students and knock down some of the barriers that exacerbate inequalities in school choice programs. Based on pilots, "Success Express," "Uber for Kids," and "SchoolPool" are researching funding sources and the appropriate combination of private and public involvement. One app CEO noted, "the use of specialized ride-sharing services for kids is on its way to becoming a mainstream behavior for both families and schools."

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  • How a novel wireless technology is helping conserve wildlife, fight pollution, save farmers money and more

    June 06, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In Tanzania, low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) are a form of telecommunications technology that have the power to potentially stop poachers in their tracks when coupled with geolocation sensors. The application doesn't stop there, however, as others throughout the world are finding other proactive uses for this wireless technology advancement.

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