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Bicycling promotion at the neighborhood scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In " Making cycling irresistible in DC 2.0 " (2008) and " Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the action planning method " (2010), I mentioned the need to promote bicycling at the neighborhood scale, to increase biking take up. On Capitol Hill in DC, a few yeas ago a "Kidical Mass" group was formed.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Transportation 2010 2008

If you want people to act, provide them with the means to do so: neighborhood historic district sign lacking contact information

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

And I have written about historic district signage (" Reassessing historic preservation on account of it being National Historic Preservation Month ," 2010).

Information

Information 2010 Accountability Events

Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

ANDP Single-Family Developments Shaded by LMI Census Tracts, January 2010 – June 30, 2020. In response, ANDP’s board of directors unanimously voted to redirect all organization programming (housing development, lending, and advocacy) toward combating metro Atlanta’s devastating tide of foreclosures.

Housing

Housing 2020 2008 Development

Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

Their specialties include urban planning, public policy, landscape design, permaculture, and sustainable land stewardship advocacy. Grounded Strategies serves the underserved communities reclaiming vacant and underutilized land to improve socioeconomic and environmental health. About the Center for Community Progress.

2022

2022 Stewardship Grassroots Urban Planning

Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Casey Anderson, the chair, was someone I met through bike advocacy, and in 2010, as a member of the Planning Board, he invited me to present on " best practice suburban bicycle planning " at the Montgomery County Planning smart growth series, based on the work I was doing at the time in Baltimore County.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Voting Coordinator Article

Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 10, 2023

. == I threw up my hands about the Circulator years ago, calling it "political bus service"--created to assuage particular neighborhood groups, not because it's needed (" Throwing up my hands and the "Anacostia" "Circulator" ," 2010).

Books

Books 2010 2013 2014

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

But not much has been addressed since the plan was released in 2010! The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. The Creek Management Plan provides a number of recommendations for the Creek within the Park.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Magazine

Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

What’s more, the research finds that the lowest-density community districts added housing at only half the rate of the city overall between 2010 and 2020. ” Harding said while many housing advocates in New York do great work, she emphasized the role of representation in advocacy would help build trust with communities.

Events

Events Engagement Housing Laws

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

To that end, they turned to lobbying and advocacy to fend off any possible profit-reducing limitations that Congress might impose on them. 11] The history makes clear that the various GSEs often engage in lobbying and advocacy for favorable changes to legislation and regulation, potentially biasing the outcome. [12]

2008

2008 Legislation Housing 2004

Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Because that space doesn't exist in DC, either innovative uses don't develop -- such as the nonprofit advocacy sector, which as cheap spaces disappeared groups stopped being created counter to the heyday of the 1960s and 1970s -- or they develop in the suburbs.

Economic Development

Economic Development 2012 Development 2014

House Majority Denies Low-Income Seniors and People With Disabilies Choice of Living in Their Homes

Poverty & Policy

MAY 12, 2017

Two conservative economists estimated the annual cost at $15-$20 billion — this back in 2010. But broad-based research and advocacy organizations—and the rest of us interested parties—need be less focused on this one hot issue, when there are already many others. So the story’s far from over.

Housing

Housing 2010 Advocacy Voting

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

And that there should be ward-specific subcommittees of the pedestrian and bicycle advisory committees to put greater focus on ward specific improvements (this was something I wrote into the Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan I did for Baltimore County in 2010). Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs.

Transportation

Transportation 2010 2019 2014

Hear from civil servants who have fought workplace discrimination inside and outside of government

Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 4, 2022

In their conversation with co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher, Ishimaru and Ma discussed: How they have applied their law training to pursue “mission-driven work” in the federal government and with policy advocacy nonprofit organizations. Rebuilding an agency to better serve the public.

Government

Government Public Service 2003 2009

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

JANUARY 3, 2014

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. Further, as protest movements grow more diverse, so must our theoretical framework and investigations of the nature of protest movements in online spaces (Earl, 2010; Earl, J. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief. 2011; Aday, et al.,

Social Media

Social Media Sustainability 2011 2010

Too Quick to Pronounce Trump Budget Dead on Arrival

Poverty & Policy

JUNE 8, 2017

Some Republicans may balk at some details, but the major thrusts replicate those in budgets the House has passed ever since Republicans gained control in 2010. We can donate to advocacy organizations, if we can afford to, join their social media campaigns, etc. Advocacy organizations formed issue-specific and linked coalitions.

Budgeting

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Voting

Bicycling promotion at the neighborhood scale

If you want people to act, provide them with the means to do so: neighborhood historic district sign lacking contact information

Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Lies, damn lies, and misleading data: bus service (DC Circulator)

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

House Majority Denies Low-Income Seniors and People With Disabilies Choice of Living in Their Homes

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Hear from civil servants who have fought workplace discrimination inside and outside of government

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.

Too Quick to Pronounce Trump Budget Dead on Arrival

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