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  • Lessons From a Car-Free Street Fight in London

    Laura Laker

    September 27, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: England, London

    In an effort to promote safe streets and bicycle and pedestrian safety, Officials in Tower Hamlets, an East London neighborhood, closed down a main community road to car traffic - and it didn't go well. But local officials learned from the pilot, recognizing a need to better prepare the community for any road closures as well as plan for alternative routes for car traffic.

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  • Should Calgary have free-fare transit?

    Hadeel Abdel-Nabi

    September 24, 2019 |

    The Sprawl |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Though Calgary already goes further than some cities in the public transportation sphere by offering a free-fare downtown zone, other cities that offer free transportation -- often through added taxes -- have seen drastic decreases in carbon emissions and cars on the city streets. One of these cities, Tallinn, Estonia, saw a 10% reduction in cars in the city center after introducing a free public transit system.

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  • Community hopes 'Purpose Built' revitalization model enlivens into Ridgecrest neighborhood

    Krista Johnson

    September 20, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Woodlawn, Alabama

    Eighteen "purpose built communities" across America have revitalized neighborhoods through a comprehensive approach that includes building mixed-income housing, providing better educational opportunities and offering health and wellness services. The model focuses on establishing a strong "cradle-to-college education pipeline" which attracts upper-income families and creates socio-economic diversity. Community centers, green spaces, and grocery stores all revitalize and bring new development to these neighborhoods. Rivercrest, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama is seeking to replicate the model.

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  • Fighting Gun Violence in Chicago, With Trees, Rakes, and Cleanup Crews

    Brian Freskos

    September 18, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago is trying something new when it comes to violence prevention: beautifying public spaces that have been known to be places of violence. The city has launched an official pilot program called Grounds for Peace, which partners with READI Chicago to provide jobs within the initiative to at-risk men. While the effort to beautify has shown a decrease in gun violence in other cities, Chicago residents approach this with caution, as the neighborhoods its working within are often neglected.

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  • CT's small solutions to climate change: when flood control spurs economic development

    Jan Ellen Spiegel

    September 18, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Meriden, Connecticut

    Climate change adaptation efforts and economic development can go hand in hand, according to one Connecticut town. Meriden transformed a former mall into a large park, a natural solution that helps mitigate the town's routine flooding and has encouraged housing and retail development in the surrounding area.

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  • Ideas from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding

    Richard Adkins

    September 17, 2019 |

    WRAL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Eastern North Carolina -- an area increasingly affected by flooding from hurricanes -- looks to Tulsa for long-term, financially sustainable solutions to routine flooding. Tulsa's comprehensive approach includes regulating building in floodplains as well as building vast drainage systems in all high-risk flood areas. The city implemented a storm water mitigation fee to residents' water bills in order to make flood insurance among the cheapest in the country.

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  • Climate Resilience on Detroit's East Side

    Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

    September 13, 2019 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Working toward environmental justice takes organizing on the community level. In Detroit, the Women of Empowerment promote resilience against the adverse effects of climate change on the city’s east side by spearheading projects that range from legal cases to the installation of solar panels. The group also partners with local nonprofits like the Eastside Community Network and Heatwaves Housing and Health (HHH), to collect data that can inform climate-resilient city planning.

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  • Život po uhlí. V čom sa môže horná Nitra inšpirovať príbehom belgického Genku

    Michaela Barcíková Ria Gehrerová

    September 12, 2019 |

    Denník N |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Genk

    Belgický Genk je vynikajúcim príkladom toho, ako môže Slovensko prejsť k postindustriálnej a ekologickejšej budúcnosti. Mesto "vsadilo na inovácie a kreativitu", aby prinavrátilo pracovné miesta a presvedčilo mladých ľudí, aby zostali v tejto oblasti. Genk vybudoval centrum pre výskum zelenej energie, investoval do startupov v oblasti zelenej ekonomiky, podporoval umelecké inštalácie a zameral sa na poskytovanie kurzov a rekvalifikácie, aby pomohol baníkom zmeniť povolanie.

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  • Can We Turn Down the Temperature on Urban Heat Islands?

    Jim Morrison

    September 12, 2019 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Researchers are using citizen science volunteers to more accurately identify hot spots in cities, where some temperatures are significantly higher than their surrounding areas. The data has also shown that there is a correlation between lower-income neighborhoods and higher temperatures. Climate change is expected to increase the number of extreme weather events, including heat waves, so mapping these urban heat islands can help cities develop new urban planning strategies.

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  • ‘I just want more for them': New program aims to boost families' economic mobility

    Lauren Lindstrom

    September 09, 2019 |

    The Charlotte Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Economic mobility becomes far more attainable when children grow up in a "high-opportunity" area as opposed to a "low-opportunity" area: housing within the city with access to transportation and amenities, higher-performing schools, and lower crime rates. An enhanced voucher program through the Charlotte Housing Authority offers families housing vouchers to move into high-opportunity areas. They also offer incentives to landlords who accept the vouchers, such as up to $1,000 to repair damage beyond normal wear and tear. The program is still new, and it will take generations to see its affects.

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