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ASTERRA helps build a more sustainable Earth by identifying and mitigating ‘lost water’ using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Combining satellite imagery and AI in the cloud for a more sustainable future Identifying and repairing water leaks helps municipalities reduce risk for human populations and the environment, and save money. Since 2017, ASTERRA has successfully verified more than 100,000 leaks, saving 368 billion gallons of water.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Getting WMATA out of crisis: a continuation of a multi-year problem that keeps getting worse, not better ," 2015 -- " DC area transit commission board member thinks he has a brilliant idea on how to fund Metrorail: sales taxes ," 2022 It's a shame that it had to reach the level of a super crisis to do anything.

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Addressing the intersection of climate change and health with new Halcyon fellowship: Apply now

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2017, AWS has worked with Halcyon to support talented social entrepreneurs around the world through the Halcyon Incubator. The 2022 cohort of the AWS Healthcare Accelerator also had an emphasis on health equity, focusing on helping startups harness the power of the cloud to make access to healthcare more equitable.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: “To be good in the business of football today — and good to me is not being good one year, but try to sustain it year in and year out — you have to understand economics and you have to understand value,” Kraft said near the end of his team’s almost-magical 2007 season. “I

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to supporting Japan’s digital transformation (DX) ambition by helping Japanese customers modernize IT and innovate securely at pace, driving sustainable economic growth. In 2022, we invested ¥348 billion in capital and operational investments in our data centers in Japan.

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Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, Japan, as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning | Planning and executing complementary improvements across the transit network + advances in transit marketing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Especially because with cities, it's possible to visit and tour without a car, but instead by sustainable mobility--transit especially and sometimes biking. See " City Break Tourism, the rental car shortage, and transit/sustainable mobility as a way to get around: Part 1." Transit marketing for tourism.