Posts tagged Health
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National links: Noise pollution from traffic hurts children’s brains
Traffic noise pollution negatively impacts children’s brain development. Cities need to rethink their approach to retail land use regulations. Caltrans views highway expansion as being aligned with the state’s climate goals. Keep reading…
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National links: Always warehouses in Philadelphia
Philadelphia warehouse boom. Introducing the “groundscaper.” AI traffic models are only as good as input data. Keep reading…
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Events: Financing bike infrastructure
Learn about financing bike infrastructure. Manifest missing middle in Montgomery County. Attend a webinar on faith-based affordable housing. Support increased financing for bicycle infrastructure. Clean up Capitol Hill by bike. Find out more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Events: Join GGWash’s transit equity teach-in
Join GGWash’s transit equity teach-in. Explore the intersections between health and housing. Learn about the evolution of parking in America. Bike with Ward 5 Family Biking. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Events: Attend a webinar on how transportation and racial inequities affect health in DC
Attend a webinar on how transportation and racial inequities affect population health in DC. Lose your car keys (on purpose!) for a day. Visit a community engagement fair on climate action. Take a bike ride along the Anacostia River Trail. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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National links: Poor transit options a major factor keeping people from returning to the office
Commute drudgery a major factor driving hesitance to return to the office. Climate-safe cities must prepare for climate refugees. Omaha removing the city’s only protected bike lane. Keep reading…
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Hopewell, VA’s complete streets overhaul shows small towns can be urbanist too
The successes and setbacks of creating safer streetscapes in big cities dominate our imagination, but many corners of small town America are quietly undergoing a complete streets transformation as well. The compact street grids of smaller cities like Hopewell, Virginia that developed before the advent of the automobile represent low-hanging fruit in the fight for safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities. Keep reading…
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Turning Baltimore’s trails into a network could bring Charm City a near-term win
It would only take 10 more miles to turn Baltimore’s trails into the 35-mile Baltimore Greenways Trail Network which would link up to 75 neighborhoods and could come with millions of dollars in economic and social benefits. Keep reading…
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Events: How does the public bus system move Black people?
How does the public bus system move Black people? Reimagining urban planning. Discovering smart cities, and more in this week’s urbanist events. Keep reading…
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What’s it like to navigate work, home, and a pandemic in Tysons? A survey sheds some light.
What is it like to live or work in Tysons during a pandemic? A recent survey offers a snapshot into the many concerns people have from transit and childcare to what may be stopping people from returning to the office for work. Keep reading…