December 2011
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Imagining a City Without Its Public Transportation →
Interesting article about a WMATA study on what people would do without public transit. From the data that they gathered, they showed that the loss of the metro and rail systems would’ve lead to a more “local economy.” According to the study, if people were left to depend on cars and the road infrastructure, they become dissuaded from traveling too far to avoid traffic and...
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Watch“Urban Forests = Cleaner, Cooler Air
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Poor air quality has led to an explosion of asthma cases and other health problems among vulnerable populations including children, the elderly, and low-income residents. Each year bad air causes two million deaths worldwide. Also, in the U.S., there have been 8,000 premature deaths from excessive heat over the past 25 years. Urban heat...
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