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  • The Doomed 1970s Plan to Desegregate New York's Suburbs

    October 21, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A plan forged in New York City suburbs in the 1970s addressed urban renewal and income inequality by creating low-income housing dwellings in nine separate towns outside of the city. Though the "Fair Share" program faced long-lasting criticism and ultimately failed, housing experts and developers still learn from the failed plan as they work toward urban renewal in the 21st century.

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  • Rooftop beehives in Philly help nurture bees—and maintain our food supply

    October 17, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Bees and other pollinator populations have been rapidly declining, threatening food production nationwide, but urban beekeeping is helping to fight against this trajectory. In Philadelphia, rooftop beekeeping has become the norm for one section of the city, where the honey harvested goes directly to the businesses in the area.

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  • What Baltimore Gets Right about Urban Trees

    October 17, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore has become a leader in maintaining and growing the city’s trees by monitoring their health more closely. Using a new mapping technique, city officials can analyze its current tree canopy and see how it affects other city data like temperature, health, and crime. While growing the green space has been slow and revealed areas of income inequality, their successes could be a model for other communities that want to grow their urban forests.

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  • San Francisco's Market Street Car Ban Is Overdue

    October 17, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A plan to redesign Market Street in San Francisco uses a controversial approach used by cities around the world: eliminating personal cars entirely. This bicycle, pedestrian and bus-oriented layout approach reduces traffic accidents and fatalities; San Francisco plans to move forward with their plan in 2020.

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  • Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors

    October 16, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Qatar, Doha

    In Qatar, where temperatures have reached unbearably high degrees, an engineering professor at Qatar University has designed a way to provide air conditioning to the outdoors. Although the method is arguably not a solution for climate change and could actually have negative impacts, it is successfully allowing people in the country to be able to leave the their homes, which in turn benefits the economy of the country.

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  • How a Silicon Valley Start-up Is Helping Police Get Smarter About Solving Gun Crimes

    October 15, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Forensic Logic, a Silicon Valley startup, has developed a database called the Law Enforcement Analysis Portal (LEAP) that collects, streamlines, and analyzes police data in one, centralized digital portal. With forensic and other law enforcement data often being fragmented and siloed, LEAP gives access to information otherwise unavailable to thousands of police departments.

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  • Building for Real With Digital Blocks

    October 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    To get input on city design plans from citizens without any technical knowledge, some city planners are turning to Minecraft, an easy-to-use computer game that allows users to build in a three dimensional environment. Useful for planning public spaces (rather than designing a building), Minecraft has been adopted by UN Habitat to plan everything from soccer fields in Nairobi to a riverbank in Kosovo.

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  • This Conservative City Built a $132 Million Park Using One Weird Trick

    October 11, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    After falling behind in urban planning and innovation in the 1990s and early 2000s, Oklahoma City created a limited-time sales tax called MAPS to pay for capital projects, like the new Scissortail Park. The tax consisted of a series of one-cent sales taxes and has brought in over $1.5 billion and has helped fund convention centers, other urban green areas, and more.

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  • Spain's Happy Little Carless City

    October 11, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

    In Pontevedra, Spain, the city has taken incremental action to reduce cars and congestion in the city center. As the city is small and walkable on foot, walking has become the foremost transportation option, not through extreme regulatory hurdles, but by engaging business owners, providing short-term parking and even free parking on the edge of town, and making sure pedestrians feel front and center. Through slight design changes, local government and citizens alike have been able to reimagine what a walkable city looks like, then put it into effect with great success.

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  • Pinterest says AI reduced reported self-harm content by 88%

    October 10, 2019 |

    VentureBeat |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Using artificial intelligence, social media companies can quickly identify and reach out to those at risk for self-harm. Pinterest, a San Francisco-based social media company, is employing AI to support its user’s emotional well-being. Those who search for content related to self-harm receive links to support resources thanks to the help of collaborations with groups like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Vibrant Emotional Health. The effort has significantly reduced content related to self-harm on the platform.

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