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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

The COG is the union of local governments and designated by the USDOT as the region's metropolitan planning organization for regional transportation planning and coordination. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.

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Fostering Financial Literacy in New York State: How's It Going?

Barrett & Greene

The average household in New York was carrying $53,830 in debt at the end of 2021; although less than the national average of $55,810, it is a new high for the state. New Yorkers’ per capita student loan debt of $6,180 was 11th in the nation in 2021 and marks an increase of 335% since 2003. A few of the alarming findings: ​.

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Public and private sector cooperation is vital in controlling cybersecurity threats

Open Access Government - Technology News

The attack – which disabled digital services used by the NHS’ 111 medical advice helpline to refer patients for care, including appointment bookings, emergency prescriptions, and ambulance dispatch – left health workers being forced to rely on pen and paper to coordinate services.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Public safety technology includes public safety platforms First, managing communications properly and responding to a crisis in an organised manner requires a holistic and well-coordinated approach. A World Bank report in June 2021 highlighted how climate change is intensifying the frequency of these emergencies.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses."

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Japan: Science and technology policy

Open Access Government - Technology News

1) An earlier version of Open Access Government reported that in 2020, the Basic Law was amended for the first time in 25 years and changed its name to the Science, Technology, and Innovation Basic Law. The 6th Basic Plan, which covers the fiscal years 2021 to 2025, was the first developed after the amendment. (2)

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DCCF has a post, " Questions for Mayor Bowser's Public Safety Summit ," providing lots of questions to be asked of the public officials. And I don't see things changing.