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🛑🌍 Monday Musing: As we begin a new week, it's essential to consider the recent changes regarding the Green Line LRT in Calgary. While the project is no longer advancing, the conversation about enhancing our public transit infrastructure is more critical than ever. What innovative strategies should we pursue to ensure sustainable transit in our city? Let’s discuss! #YYC #TransitInnovation #Sustainability

Philadelphia's 2024 Vision Zero Annual Report is fresh out of the press! https://lnkd.in/e5Bffixf Go team! Highlights: 📸 Passed legislation permitting automated speed enforcement cameras on Broad Street On Washington Avenue: 🚲 Bike volumes increased up to 181% on blocks with new separated bike facilities; 🚍 Average bus speed increased 16% where bus loading islands added, and bus ridership increased 17%. 🌳 Green stormwater infrastructure bumpouts reduced injury crashes by 36%. 🚴♂️ 16 new indego bike stations added to the network 💰 Secured more than $200 million in federal and state grants to support traffic safety

An exclusive look into the Nome to Homer Express Project 🗺️ The NTHE project aims to enhance network resiliency and expand broadband access in by closing the digital divide with a redundant fiber ring. In the event of an outage or other interruption in service, traffic can automatically be re-routed in the opposite direction around the ring. This initiative seeks to connect several Western Alaska communities - starting in Nome to Emmonak, continuing along the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta coast to Naknek, crossing terrestrially to Igiugig, across Iliamna Lake to Pile Bay and Williamsport, before ending in a subsea segment across Cook Inlet into Homer - with robust middle-mile infrastructure, integrated last-mile infrastructure and a focus on enabling other last mile providers to extend and improve broadband services to government, Community Anchor Institutions, businesses, homes, and visitors in these underserved areas. What questions do you have for us? #Quintillion #NomeToHomerExpress #Project #DigitalDivide #FiberRing #Alaska #Connection #Community

Did you know that this week (1st – 7th June 2024) is Neighbourhood Watch Week and this year’s theme is “Local Effects, Big Impact”. Waste crime, such as fly tipping and unlicensed scrap and waste collectors, is sadly prevalent in many communities and with resources being stretched it is vital that both communities and organisations work together to tackle the issue. Building networks and partnerships can assist in increasing intelligence and reporting of such offences, which enables proactive deployments and tactics to reduce fly tipping and target unlicensed collectors. Neighbourhood Watch groups can provide key intelligence surrounding waste accumulations (making property occupiers susceptible to cold calling rogue waste collectors), suspect vehicles or details of leaflets advertising waste collectors who may not be correctly licensed. It is important that we work in partnership with communities (and other organisations) to ensure that they understand their responsibilities when it comes to waste transfer and disposal. Organisations involved in the reporting, investigating and clearance of fly tipped waste should look to work with Neighbourhood Watch schemes as this can have huge benefits to both the investigators and the community. Here’s how this partnership working can help: ⭐ Increased intelligence ⭐ Increased standards of reporting and information gathering ⭐ Increased education ⭐ Assistance in deploying and prioritising resources ⭐ Identifying trends and hotspots ⭐ Identifying sites or persons of interest early We will be running a FREE webinar for organisations involved in reporting, investigating or removing fly tipped waste on Partnership Working on 5th September 2024 at 10am. This will be an opportunity to share best practice and understand exactly how we can make those partnerships work effectively. Booking link in the comments. Want to know more about how we can help you develop better partnerships to tackle waste crime? We can assist with strategy work, developing partnership agreements or chairing partnership meetings to tackle and reduce fly tipping in your area. Get in touch with us in the following ways: 💻 Via the website: https://lnkd.in/e2QW8mkY 📧 Send us an email: [email protected] We've also got a couple of spaces left on our "Tackling and Preventing Fly Tipping" interactive webinar which is taking place on 14 June 2024 at 11:30am. Booking link will be placed in the comments. #partnerships #wastecrime #investigation #enforcement #flytipping #buildingrelationships #workingtogether

Island communities in Shetland encounter distinct challenges, particularly with transport and connectivity. How can we best address these complex issues? Stantec is collaborating with island residents and industry leaders to conduct a comprehensive study, evaluating various connectivity options for this stunning region. Read more here: https://ow.ly/4cWE50TJujn #StantecTransport #TransportPlanning

It might look like any old street, but to me, it is a sign of a functioning city 💡 A core responsibility of the local government industry is maintaining infrastructure assets (mandated through DLGSCI), which includes a vast amount of street lights across Perth & WA. Crime-Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a principle which guides the way in which we make our city safer. So, when I look at “some new lights”, what I really see is: the LUX (brightness) audit, workforce planning, materials and contracts, and infrastructure maintenance; all in the effort to produce a safer city — It’s the ‘how’ behind the rhetoric that goes into creating a safer city. I’t might seem banal - but, after restoring good governance and years of proper planning, I am very, very pleased to see real world assets in place and working to make our streets safer. #Perth #CityOfPerth #Australia #CityOfLight #EastPerth #WestPerth #Nedlands #Crawley #Northbridge #PerthLife #PerthWA #PerthGram #PerthIsOk #CelebratePerth

Not all redevelopments take the easy path. Learn how environmental challenges were overcome to combine historic preservation and new construction to offer deeply affordable units in the Bancroft neighborhood.

How can cities and towns accelerate locally driven housing solutions? National League of Cities and the American Planning Association have released a new resource designed to support communities in navigating their housing supply challenges. Read: Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook - National League of Cities (nlc.org)

⚠️What are the community risks if infrastructure assets fail before being rehabilitated? Drew Lewis, senior business development manager for Reline America, highlights the economic, environmental, health, and safety concerns. Learn about Reline America’s infrastructure rehabilitation solutions at https://bit.ly/3WVGokB #Infrastructure #PublicSafety #Pipelining

Why New Yorkers Drive Less! 🌍 🚗 New York ranks as the second-most energy-efficient state thanks to strong public transportation systems. 🚆🚍 Let’s dive into the impact! ⚡ #WattsUp #NewYorkTransit #SustainableNY #PublicTransportation #energyefficiency Metropolitan Transportation Authority WalletHub Capital District Transportation Authority