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Friday, March 11th, 2022Attend RPA Assembly 2021: Rethink, Recover, Rebuild
Friday, March 19th, 2021
Please join us for the 2021 Assembly as we gather experts from across the country to explore and plan for our region’s health, economy, housing, climate, open spaces, and infrastructure.
View this complete post...You’re Invited! Building to Recovery: America’s New Playbook for Infrastructure
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Please register below to join me, Accelerator for America Action and our New Partnership on Infrastructure coalition, CityAge, Senator Cathy Cortez Masto of Nevada, Representative Greg Stanton of Arizona, and Mayor David Holt of Oklahoma City for Building to Recovery: America’s New Playbook for Infrastructure on Monday, March 1, at 12 pm PT | 3 pm ET.
View this complete post...Building the Future of New York: Rikers Island
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
Currently, the City has no concrete plans for what will become of Rikers Island once the jail facilities are removed. According to Judge Lippman, “It is also time to look ahead to how our city can repurpose this island, which has been a symbol and accelerator of misery for so many, and turn it to the use for public good.”
View this complete post...Menino Survey of Mayors: 2019 Results
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
Mayors report water, wastewater, and stormwater are more of a priority relative to prior survey years, while road infrastructure and mass transit continue to be key needs.
View this complete post...Civic outreach plans … here’s why they are necessary
Friday, August 9th, 2019
Civic outreach plans are critical components of success for large public projects. In spite of data that proves it, public officials often neglect to develop or implement these types of plans. And, experienced contractors often fail to insist on them.
View this complete post...Civic outreach plans … here’s why they are necessary
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019Civic outreach plans are critical components of success for large public projects. In spite of data that proves it, public officials often neglect to develop or implement these types of plans. And, experienced contractors often fail to insist on them. Why is that? Could it be because there has been too little attention on why […]
View this complete post...Investing in America’s Infrastructure to Create High-Quality Jobs and Protect the Environment
Thursday, May 16th, 2019
This document is intended to guide policymakers in the development of federal legislation to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. This should not be considered an exhaustive list of BlueGreen Alliance recommendations.2 The following recommendations are BlueGreen Alliance infrastructure policy priorities for legislation in the 116th Congress, which build on issues identified in the BlueGreen Alliance’s Making the Grade 2.0 infrastructure platform.
View this complete post...Washington, DC: Vision for the Future Multimodal K Street
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
DDOT is designing the K Street Transitway to improve on-time bus performance and reliability of the east-west bus routes across the District. K Street NW from 12th Street to 21st Street is a critical component of east-west travel. Existing bus service in this corridor extremely slow, averaging 3 to 5 miles per hour in many segments and creating a bottleneck for routes traveling through downtown. With over 35,000 daily bus passengers moving east or west through downtown, representing approximately 40 percent of people travel on K Street, there is a lot to be gained by making transit work better.
View this complete post...Freeways Without Futures: 2019
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
Freeway construction was a disaster for city neighborhoods in the 20th Century. Many neighborhoods were divided in two—their main streets demolished and businesses closed, disproportionately in minority communities.
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