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  • What Can Cities Learn from Kansas City's Fare-Free Transit Program?

    November 29, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Kansas City Streetcar provides fare-free transportation for residents, which helps to get them downtown and promote more economic development. The fare-free streetcar also makes transit more equitable by removing barriers for low-income passengers and improving mobility for people with disabilities.

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  • How investments in Black businesses can help close KC's racial wealth gap

    November 25, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Generating Income For Tomorrow, or GIFT, works to foster economic prosperity and wealth in Kansas City’s Black community by providing grants to Black-owned businesses. Since its launch, GIFT has distributed $687,000 to 42 Black businesses and GIFT recipients have so far created more than 60 new jobs.

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  • A Skyscraper in Jakarta Offers Lessons for Quake-Prone Indonesia

    November 23, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

    A 51-story skyscraper in Jakarta, Indonesia, built with a belt-truss system kept workers safe and working during an earthquake. The system reduces vibration and movement by linking some of the walls and frames of the building.

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  • KCATA tackled its driver shortage. Now, bus drivers want to see more change

    November 18, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In a complex effort to increase morale among bus drivers and address worker shortages, the Kansas City Area Transit Authority has negotiated a new union contract with drivers and maintenance crews to increase their hourly wage. Through the new contract and intensified recruitment efforts, the KCATA has hired an additional 55 drivers, exceeding its goal of 45 more drivers by the end of this year.

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  • 'The Green Steel of the 21st Century'

    November 14, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: China, Hong Kong

    Bamboo is growing in popularity as a cheap, sustainable building option that can replace hardwoods and other common construction materials.

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  • Solar-powered town shines on as powerful Hurricane Ian damages surrounding areas

    November 14, 2022 |

    WJXT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Babcock Ranch, Florida

    Babcock Ranch, Florida, weathered Hurricane Ian with minimal damage and full power because of development decisions like installing solar power, underground infrastructure, and building every building above code.

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  • How Indigenous values inspired the largest network of wildlife crossings in USA

    November 14, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Flathead Reservation, United States, Montana

    The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes worked to design and implement 42 animal crossings along 56 miles of Highway 93 to reduce wild animal collisions. An average of over 22,500 animal crosses happen per year at just 29 of the structures and collisions have reduced by 71%.

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  • PWDs Faced Challenges at Airports, but CARE Nigeria has Come up with Change Intervention

    November 14, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Center for Ability, Rehabilitation, and Empowerment (CARE) helps people with disabilities navigate the boarding and departing process at airports by setting up a disability desk with resources including people trained in navigating the challenges people with disabilities often face at airports.

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  • How a young Nigerian is tackling learning problem among rural pupils with digital tools

    November 11, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Joga Orile, Ogun State

    Teach For Nigeria works to eliminate educational inequity in Nigeria and recruits young graduates and education enthusiasts to teach in rural schools. With the help of the Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative, Teach for Nigeria recruits can bring innovative, digital tools — like talking, audio books — to help enhance learning in and out of the classroom.

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  • Cannabis cloud kitchen helps entrepreneurs break into the industry

    November 02, 2022 |

    el Don |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    My Green Network is a “cannabis cloud kitchen” that offers a shared-use facility for those looking to enter the cannabis industry launch their small businesses. It also provides business needs like legal advice, meeting space, storage, distribution and help applying for state and local permits.

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