As Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Gain Traction, Policy Makers Look To States Like Maryland

http://wamu.org/story/15/11/25/as_more_states_issue_licenses_for_undocumented_immigrants_they_look_to_states_like_maryland

Armando Trull

American University Radio (WAMU)

25 November 2015

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Currently, the District of Columbia and 10 states, including Maryland, issue limited driving licenses to undocumented workers, with two more set to issue such licenses in the coming months.

A Twist on Caring for a Parent: Move Into the Home

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/health/a-twist-on-caring-for-a-parent-move-into-the-home.html

Paula Span

The New York Times

4 January 2016

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A few adult children have found that the simplest arrangement can be found in an apartment at the same retirement community, as it enables them to care for their elderly parents efficiently.

When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/27/when-prisons-need-to-be-more-like-nursing-homes

Maura Ewing

The Marshall Project

27 August 2015

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The U.S. prison population is aging, which is costly because older inmates need more care. Some states have responded by creating special wards, having the young inmates care for the old, or building nursing homes.

How Did the Meadow Vole Cross the Road? Designing travel routes for wildlife

https://medium.com/re-form/how-did-the-meadow-vole-cross-the-road-21a0f0931418

Benjamin Goldfarb

re:form

9 October 2014

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As a state with robust populations of wildlife, Montana has had its share of roadkill. Its Department of Transportation developed animal shelving, a type of wildlife crossing, to enable safe passage for small animals who need to cross the road. The measure, combined with other types of crossings, has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by half.

The Roads Scholar

https://www.hcn.org/issues/46.13/the-roads-scholar

Benjamin Goldfarb

High Country News

13 August 2014

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Many wildlife are killed each year as they are hit by cars when crossing highways. Montana built crossing structures over high risk sections of highways, such as grass covered tunnels, for animals to cross safely and reduce car accidents.

Why Sweden has so few road deaths

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-16

The Economist

The Economist

26 February 2014

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Sweden's "Vision Zero" program has used a comprehensive approach to infrastructure and regulation to drastically reduce traffic-related deaths, making Swedish roads the safest in the world.

Birth Control for Bambi

http://undark.org/article/birth-control-for-bambi

Benjamin Goldfarb

Undark

15 April 2016

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The overpopulation of white-tailed deer is a conservation realization and an environmental disaster for the communities that harbor them. Hastings-on-Hudson, a progressive community, has opted for a humane birth control method PZP that is injected by darts into does. The method is successful for its non-lethal approach and the population growth has slowed, but as of yet has not significantly decreased.

With obesity on the rise, NH seniors turn to activity — and technology

http://www.unionleader.com/Silver-Linings/With-obesity-on-the-rise-NH-seniors-turn-to-activity-and-technology-09302016

Gretchen M. Grosky

New Hampshire Union Leader

29 September 2016

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center geriatrician Dr. John Batsis has obtained a $796,500 grant to develop a home-based system of helping obese seniors lose weight, build muscle, and improve their strength using technology, video conferencing and personal coaching.

How a Throwback Model City in San Diego Could Help Alzheimer's Patients

http://www.citylab.com/tech/2016/09/how-a-fake-1950s-san-diego-town-could-help-alzheimers-patients-reminiscence-therapy/500159/?utm_source=nl__link5_091916

Linda Poon

CityLab

16 September 2016

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What can you do to enjoy time with Alzheimer’s patients? A suburb near San Diego has recently opened a new town square with architecture designed to look like it is from the 1950s. The space offers aging baby boomers with dementia or Alzheimer’s a place to enjoy and interact with nostalgia.

Can Funny Traffic Signs Save Drivers' Lives?

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-can-roadside-witticisms-save-lives.html

Daniel C. Vock

Governing

13 July 2015

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Traffic fatality rates are slowly climbing in today's world of texting-while-driving. But highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer.