Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

I can't claim to have a handle on every great program, but for smaller communities, Tempe, Arizona, Long Beach, California, and Arlington County, Virginia, have very well developed local transit systems and complementary in-depth sustainable mobility programs. Back when I was doing a bike and pedestrian plan for Baltimore County, I visited with the Tempe transportation department when I was vacationing in Arizona.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 4, 2023

Announcing the SUNY OER Summit 2023 ! Virtual, October 11-12, 2023 Cost of attendance: Free This summit aims to bring together practitioners from SUNY and beyond to explore innovative approaches, successful case studies, and emerging trends and promote community and collaboration around OER. We invite you to participate and share your expertise by submitting a proposal for a presentation, panel discussion, or lightning presentation.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

First, in the early years of the blog I wrote a lot of pieces about transit marketing and doing a better job of it. Now a goodly amount of that is encapsulated in " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " (2018), but old pieces like " Making Transit Sexy " (2005), make the point too, less sophisticatedly. Second, during the 2008 crash, I got an email from an activist in response to all the budget and service cuts faced by transit systems.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 4, 2023

An online grant writing certificate program can be a great way to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to become an effective grant writer. With online training programs, aspiring grant writers can get certified and be better equipped to write grant proposals and secure funding for their organizations. In this article, we will discuss the pros and cons of grant writing certification online, as well as the best programs available to help you out.We will also discuss some of the basics around g

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

Many neighborhoods and cities have parades on the Fourth of July. In DC, the Palisades Parade is probably the biggest neighborhood parade, and often a great spot for campaigning. Capitol Hill has developed one over the past decade. And Takoma Park, Maryland has a great one which is embraced by both TP and the Takoma DC neighborhood. Reddit's DC thread has a couple photos of a group of people in the Palisades parade, protesting the project to put bicycle lanes on Connecticut Avenue.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

I don't have the energy to write about this in depth. SCOTUS (" The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow–Style Bigotry ," The Nation ), voter suppression, gerrymandering, authoritarian tendencies in the Republican Party, Trump and insurrection, State Legislature preemption of the ability of local government to act (" States Are Silencing the Will of Millions of Voters ," New York Times ), etc.

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