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  • SamTrans prepares to roll out 10 electric buses in fleet-replacement program

    October 15, 2018 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Mateo, California

    In California, Governor Jerry Brown has implemented a deadline to have "all transit agencies to eliminate carbon emissions" by 2040. San Mateo County is moving towards this goal by releasing a fleet of electric buses.

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  • 'I leave the car at home': how free buses are revolutionising one French city

    October 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: France, Dunkirk

    Dunkirk, a city of about 200,000 people in France, is experimenting with free bus service for everyone in the city, an initiative that many passengers seem to approve of so far, as shown in higher ridership. While Dunkirk is the largest city to try free public transportation, it's far from the first; however, concerns about financial stability have limited the initiative's reach.

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  • Beyond Hot Wings: How Architecture Is Helping Buffalo Make Its Comeback

    October 13, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo uses its historic architecture to attract international visitors. The city offers tax credits to developers who remodel and renovate old buildings. The effort also helps attract young people back to the city.

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  • As Milwaukee embraces bikes and pedestrians with 'Complete Streets,' commercial development gets boost

    October 12, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is poised to pass a complete streets policy that would advance current efforts to make the city more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. But even without this policy in place, projects to widen sidewalk and improve bike infrastructure are paying off with more business openings and plans by developers who chose the city because of those efforts. The city council is supporting complete streets but it will need cooperation from state highway officials for some of those thoroughfares.

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  • Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S.

    October 10, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    American cities can find solutions to low transit use by looking to other cities in Europe and Canada where the focus is on robust service and getting people to major transit hubs. These transportation systems use existing infrastructure and space with strategy so that transit is efficient and affordable. This in turn means more people are likely to use it because service is better.

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  • Does solar power offer a brighter future for off-the-grid Navajo residents?

    October 01, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    As a coal plant closes in Navajo Nation, and taking jobs with it, residents cautiously look to solar energy as a way forward. While the installation of the Kayenta Solar Project did provide jobs, those jobs were temporary. Beyond employment, the Navajo have historically lacked access to electricity, and so residents are installing off-grid solar units themselves.

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  • Fight for Cleaner Air in the Bronx

    October 01, 2018 |

    The Innovator |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The New York-based organization, Sustainable South Bronx, is working to reverse the public health effects, namely asthma, that poor air quality has caused. The initiative works to educate residents about the environmental hazards they face while also working to reverse those hazards with projects like reflective roof coatings. With pollution disproportionately affecting low-income communities, the city too is taking steps toward reducing emissions in these areas.

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  • Green Roof Requirements Are On the Rise

    October 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The United States is adopting a practice that much of Europe has been using for for decades. Green roofs, which utilize either solar panels or implement the growth of vegetation, will help many cities throughout the country meet their energy goals as well as help mitigate against the harmful impacts of climate change.

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  • Underneath This 'Pop-Up Forest' Is an Abandoned Highway

    October 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    When the Innerbelt, a freeway in Ohio, was discontinued, a designer named Hunter Frank threw a party to liven up the space. From there, he pushed to transform it to a permanent greenspace. “There’s value in simply letting people use a space and allowing their behavior to inform a more permanent plan,” reporter Alan Greenblatt writes. While local governments often focus on planning and details, the success of the “Innerbelt National Forest” can be attributed to experimentation: kids playing alongside live music and trees may be what allows the “forest” to stay.

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  • Forget autonomous cars — rural Japan is betting on self-driving buses

    September 25, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan is taking major steps to putting autonomous buses on the roads in rural areas because there is a need for reliable transportation and not enough funding as more young people move to the cities. It has the potential to save labor costs and provide more reliable transportation options while delivering necessary data to companies looking to expand driverless technology. However, this also requires more detailed mapping, which is often not available for smaller and more rural roads.

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