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  • A city where all the traffic lights are green? The tech is live in Lakewood and coming soon to other Colorado cities

    February 26, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Lakewood, Colorado

    In Lakewood, Colorado, Audi vehicles using new Vehicle-to-Everything technology tell drivers the ideal driving speed at which they can hit all green lights. The technology also counts down red light wait times and improves the traffic flow and congestion throughout the city.

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  • A Card Game Designed to Help Urban Communities Plan for the Future Audio icon

    February 26, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    A card game called Imaginable Guidelines offers a medium of shared vocabulary and collaboration that allows community members to easily talk about city planning. Played in cities around Turkey, Imaginable Guidelines acts as a bridge between city officials and community members, both of whom want to see a more functional and accessible use of space.

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  • Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Police departments across the United States are implementing strategies and reforms in response to the growing number of unsolved criminal cases. With cold cases often linked to declined trust in police and the undermining of wellbeing in, typically urban, neighborhoods, these reforms are seeking to reverse course.

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  • LiveWellFit's Golden Girls program to help senior citizens exercise safely

    February 25, 2019 |

    KVII-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Amarillo, Texas

    A program called Live Well Fit in Amarillo, Texas runs a fitness and exercise class for senior citizens, whom they call golden girls. The women in the class, whose ages range from 50 to 85, can work out using bikes, weights, and aerobics in a fun and safe atmosphere. The program serves a population that often does not have many fitness opportunities.

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  • Here's How One Small Town Beat The Opioid Epidemic

    February 25, 2019 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Little Falls, Minnesota

    Cities that invest in multi-faceted opioid addiction treatment programs succeed in lowering overdose deaths. In Little Falls, Minnesota, the idea of “medication-assisted treatment” includes combining the traditional use of drugs like Suboxone to wean heavy opioid dependency with additional measures, including hospital oversight to reduce excess prescriptions and the coordination of care between social workers, doctors, nurses, teachers, and even law enforcement. Cities with successful public health programs treating opioid addiction rely on federal and state grants as well as donations.

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  • The Crime of Parenting While Poor

    February 25, 2019 |

    The New Republic |

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    Response Location: United States

    New York City's child welfare agency is trying once again to combat its "reputation for unjustly targeting low-income families of color" by piloting child care centers that are set up to help families feel respected and prepared to succeed. Although the impact of these programs is not yet clear, the approach is informed by past failures to deal with the systemic oppression that the agency has perpetuated.

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  • Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

    February 25, 2019 |

    Scalawag |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    To cope with and combat gentrification, residents of Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood created a community garden called the Femme Fairy Garden, founded by Fempower. Community members come together every Sunday to tend to their plants and connect with their neighbors.

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  • The Netherlands Pays People To Bike To Work

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    To encourage commuters to shift from driving to biking, cities across Europe have tried out a mileage fee earned for commuting via bicycle, often tax-free. Leaders are learning this needs to be coupled with other incentives, such as consistent bike lanes. Additionally, urban planners are hoping to minimize disincentives to biking, like free car parking.

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  • The New Art of Making Friends and Finding Community

    February 25, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

    In the United Kingdom, loneliness is an epidemic. Those who feel chronically lonely may have weaker immune systems, an increased risk of cancer, and shorter life spans. These afflictions and risks associated with loneliness put a strain on the country's National Health Service. Many organizations like AgeUK, which offers companionship matching, and Silverline, which offers a 24-hour conversation helpline, specifically target the elderly. But research shows that young people are lonely too, which is why these solutions are an important addition to fighting loneliness.

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  • This spice company is building an ethically sourced supply chain

    February 25, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A benefit corporation called Burlap & Barrel brings together social enterprise work with quality products through the ethical production and distribution of single-source spices. The founders of Burlap & Barrel learned from previous business attempts and ethical quarrels to form a passion project that focuses on the quality, not quantity, of the spices.

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