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  • Kendall businesses to try a different kind of experiment — fixing traffic

    October 09, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    In 2016, MIT’s Transit Lab made huge changes in the transportation benefits it provided, including subsidizing public transportation for close to 11,000 employees and increasing the costs of employee parking. As smaller business in Cambridge’s Kendall Square come together to address the city’s transportation issues, it looks to MIT as a source of inspiration and hopes its collective approach can be used across the country.

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  • Fill, Build and Flood: Dangerous Development in Flood-Prone Areas

    October 08, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    To combat excessive flooding in low-plain areas, cities like Charlotte are passing critical legislation that regulates fill-and-build development, a type of construction that leads to more intense flooding in vulnerable neighborhoods. Charlotte bases flood control plans off future conditions rather than current or past flooding areas, and the city charges a fee for homeowners that, in turn, provides dedicated funding for stormwater management

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  • Erie Hit ‘Rock Bottom.' The Former Factory Hub Thinks It Has a Way Out.

    October 07, 2019 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Erie, Pennsylvania

    Erie, Pennsylvania, uses creative financial incentives for companies and businesses that invest capital gains in low-income areas of the city in order to pull itself out of economic hardship caused by the decrease in industrial jobs. The city looked to Cincinnati as an example of a city that turned around a failing neighborhood through collective action, sustainable funding practices and investment in nonprofit organizations that support development efforts.

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  • Street by Street, Amsterdam Is Cutting Cars Out of the Picture

    October 07, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    In order to cut back on automotive emissions and traffic within the city center, Amsterdam has introduced road-dividing "cuts" - called "knips" in Dutch - along major roadways to make travel in the city center easier for pedestrians and public transportation users. These cuts consist of barriers set to close off short sections of a street, therefore disabling through-travel to cars. The city notes that a "knip" effectively cuts automotive traffic on a blocked-off road by 70 percent.

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  • New Haven job training program possible model for other cities

    October 06, 2019 |

    New Haven Register |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    New Haven Nonprofit group ConnCAT provides free job training for low-income and disadvantaged individuals to help them find a stable income. The program has created positive partnerships with businesses and entities around New Haven in the medical, coding, and culinary arts fields and offers 6-month classes as well as 40-hour externships in members' field of interest.

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  • What Does This Street In Zürich Mean?

    September 30, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

    In Zurich, Switzerland, urban planners designed streets that put pedestrians and streetcar riders first as an effort to cut back on car usage and promote sustainable transportation. While cars are limited to one lane and often wait in lines to get through the city, the tram carries nearly seven as many passengers as cars in a given hour, making the layout sustainable and efficient for urban travel.

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  • Curing Our Plastic Problem

    September 30, 2019 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Thailand

    A company in Thailand called Universal Bio Pack created biodegradable packaging made out of cassava starch and natural fiber that could reduce the amount of single use plastic that people consume. Another company in Spain called Plastic Energy takes mixed plastics that can’t be recycled and converts it into usable oils that make fuel. Both are different solutions that could be used simultaneously to tackle the world’s plastic pollution crisis.

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  • Lessons From a Car-Free Street Fight in London

    September 27, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: England, London

    In an effort to promote safe streets and bicycle and pedestrian safety, Officials in Tower Hamlets, an East London neighborhood, closed down a main community road to car traffic - and it didn't go well. But local officials learned from the pilot, recognizing a need to better prepare the community for any road closures as well as plan for alternative routes for car traffic.

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  • Should Calgary have free-fare transit?

    September 24, 2019 |

    The Sprawl |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Though Calgary already goes further than some cities in the public transportation sphere by offering a free-fare downtown zone, other cities that offer free transportation -- often through added taxes -- have seen drastic decreases in carbon emissions and cars on the city streets. One of these cities, Tallinn, Estonia, saw a 10% reduction in cars in the city center after introducing a free public transit system.

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  • Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters

    September 23, 2019 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Hillsboro, Oregon

    To reduce the rate of suicides in Oregon, a Washington County epidemiologist formed an unlikely collaboration with the county's death investigators in order to build a comprehensive pool of data about where and why suicides were taking place. The outcome was a better understanding of prevention tactics that included partnering with "motel clerks and housekeepers, animal shelter workers, pain clinic staffers and more" to teach warning signs and ways to respond.

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