What Makes Transit Successful? Walkable Neighborhoods And Fast, Frequent Service
Fast, frequent transit that people can walk to is the key to increasing urban transit ridership.
That’s the main conclusion of “Who’s On Board 2016: What Today’s Riders Teach Us About Transit That Works,” the latest edition in TransitCenter’s Who’s On Board series of national transit rider opinion studies. Drawing on results from three focus groups and a survey of 3,000 people in 17 metropolitan…
How San Diego Leads the Charge To Protect Our Earth
As we celebrate Earth Day, and with more than 130 countries gathering today at the United Nations headquarters to sign a landmark global climate agreement, we also take stock of how our region plays a key role in protecting the planet for today and future generations.
Last December, on the heels of the historic international agreement in Paris, the City of San Diego passed a bold and ambitious…
Renewable Returns: And the Prize Goes to…
How a small incentive showed it can pay big to invest in renewable energy.
In the summer of 2014, I read that George Washington University, American University, and The George Washington University Hospital were going to buy 52 megawatts of power every year from a North Carolina solar farm. At the time, it was the largest non-utility solar power purchase in the U.S. and the largest solar project…
Announcing $1.4 million in support for cities and sustainability through Partners for Places
How many partnerships does it take to create healthy and sustainable communities for all? Tons. The opportunities are endless and the needs urgent. Just think about the challenges before us: rapidly accelerating climate change, unsafe drinking water, neighborhood flooding made worse with more intense storm events, western drought and wildfires, uneven access to safe and healthy local food, and…
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The Funders Network is a robust network of more than 130 national, regional and community foundations across the U.S. and Canada who are committed to supporting efforts to create communities and regions that are sustainable, prosperous and just.
We embrace a foundational and cross-cutting commitment to racial equity in order to address environmental, economic and…
Utilizing Equity as the Lens for Sustainability Plan Development
Utilizing Equity as the Lens for Sustainability Plan Development
Project Purpose
To use equity as a lens for development and implementation of the City of Baltimore Sustainability Plan.
Key Lessons Learned
Lessons learned about tools and tactics through the project that other sustainability directors could use to advance their work.
There was high Ambassador drop-off,…
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