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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Other cities have had mixed to negative results from similar initiatives. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post And because we don't provide actionable information and the structures to address the problem.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

In May 2021, the Eight h Circuit affirmed the denial of the City of Minneapolis’s and a police officer’s motion to dismiss dog owners’ unlawful search and seizure claim under 42 U.S.C. 6:12-CV-1697-Orl-37DAB, 2014 WL 3908187 (M.D. 11, 2014); McCarthy v. Trish Sifka —Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group. Mays , 18 F.4th

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Kazis, former Legal Fellow at the Furman Center and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in the series introduction to “Learning from Land Use Reforms.” Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect. million units.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021. The bill ran in 2014 and passed that same year. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Chevron Deference Does Not Always Result in Support for the Government's Position

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

It is well-established law that when a federal court reviews a federal agency's construction of a statute it administers, the court will look to whether Congress has addressed the precise question at issue. 19-1619, 2021 WL 232554 (4th Cir. Amaya , 2021 WL 232554, at *1. Amaya , 2021 WL 232554, at *4. In Amaya v.

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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

cuts speed limit to 20 mph to curb pedestrian deaths: a step forward but not enough | New thoughts on a comprehensive Vision Zero agenda ," 2020 In " Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC " (2021) I made these points: 1. How to measure and benchmark traffic deaths? The issues are unchanging. Government has a bias for inaction.