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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some cities like Boston , Denver and Seattle have active pro-walking groups which are a model for improving places, technical assistance, and advocacy. -- In Arlington County, WalkArlington does community walks. Planning and advocacy. Sometimes they're led by the elected official for that district. Car sharing. Goes without saying.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Collective action (CA) can be defined as all activity of common or shared interest among two or more individuals (Olson, 1971). A study by Vragara et al.,

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Through 2013, the fee moved up strongly as part of the FHFA’s push to raise the cost of GSE mortgages in an attempt to “crowd in” more private market capital into mortgage lending. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees?

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