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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. Provide integrated bus arrival and departure information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and MARC stations. People need information near their homes and local areas, not just in the centre of the city.

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

in 2013 to 16.8% Digital media improves social connection, identity creation, and information and support. Increases in serious psychological distress among Ontario students between 2013 and 2017: assessing the impact of time spent on social media. 6) Social media use can cause isolation, insomnia, and academic failure.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Access to free legal services for low-income tenants facing eviction has expanded across many jurisdictions, with New York City as the first to enact universal access to counsel (UAC) in 2017. As of 2013, only 1 percent of New York City tenants were represented by lawyers in housing court. Read the full paper here.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For frequent, new and visiting customers, we are piloting new signage, beginning with putting service information at street level at Metro Center. In the near term, we are supporting returning customers with more rapid social media engagement, and extended customer service hours Monday through Friday 7 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.

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To and from origin stations can be difficult: More on the Silver Line and intra-neighborhood transit (tertiary network)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As any transit user knows, once in a great while every transfer works beautifully, with little if any waiting (e.g.,

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Insights from C-Stat in Colorado at year 5: An interview with Reggie Bicha, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services – Episode #154

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

of data-informed decision making in human services. click here ] Also, Reggie Bicha spoke about KidsStat at the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families in his 2013 podcast interview. of data-informed decision making in human services. Through C-Stat, CDHS reviews about 100 measures each month. click here ].

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS has trained over 400,000 individuals in Japan with cloud skills since 2017, providing them with in-demand cloud skills and best practices to help learners and organizations innovate in the cloud. Since this program started in 2013, we have provided billions of yen to thousands of Japanese startups.