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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Doubling down on place values ," 2022 (this entry has 20+ links to other posts) Deaths of newspapers. Demise of arts organizations.

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Royal Bank of Canada report, 26% of Canadian households can't afford to buy a house

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Real-estate investor GID, which owns and manages about 50,000 apartment units across 30 markets in the U.S., There were nearly 103 million people living in rental housing in 2022, according to an analysis by the nonprofit trade organization the National Multifamily Housing Council, a 15% increase from 2007.

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How Texas Is Cultivating a Data-Savvy Workforce

GovLoop

Cooke began working for Texas in 2007, when he took a job at the Department of Agriculture, first as a systems analyst and later as a management analyst and project manager. In the process, they began to apply data management principles, although that term was not yet in vogue. Central learning management system.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

By examining cargo volume, domestic and international passenger traffic, and the resulting financial implications, we show that the Ontario Airport has performed significantly better under local management. Domestic flights make up the majority of all flights across all years between 2002 and 2022. of revenues.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another aspect of the balkanized transit system in the DC area is that every jurisdiction has a different program for bus shelters--what Ivan Bennett, product design manager for the London bus program, calls "a lack of continuity." WMATA should upgrade its Metrorail station bus shelters.

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Helping prevent sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes with AI

AWS Public Sector Blog

On the morning of November 30, 2007, Rafe Maccarone laid on the grass to catch his breath between warmup runs during school soccer practice. Rafe passed away on December 1, 2007, only a few days before his 16 th birthday. As the rest of his team stretched and recovered, Rafe stayed down.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Policy and practice in public space management depending on the revitalization health of a community. Applying public space management principles to restrooms. South Salt Lake versus Bell Canyon in Sandy, the facilities are equally or less subject to vandalism and misuse. Access to restrooms for the homeless.

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