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Brooks Rainwater

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The 15-minute city can make urban living more sustainable-and inspire the suburbs

The 15-minute city can make urban living more sustainable-and inspire the suburbs

Fast Company — The simplest way to reduce transportation emissions is making it easier to not drive. And even in places where you have to drive, small changes can make a large difference.
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2021 is going to be the summer of cities

2021 is going to be the summer of cities

Fast Company — In my post-vaccinated state, I recently reentered the world of travel with a trip from Washington, D.C., to New York City. I hadn't used planes or trains since March 2020, and the sheer excitement-mixed with a tinge of anxiety-of being back on a train again and headed to a city I love was incredible.
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The Local Policies That Will Outlast the Pandemic

The Local Policies That Will Outlast the Pandemic

Bloomberg CityLab — In America’s largest cities, new programs to boost public space and housing are among the most prevalent and enduring responses that will outlast Covid.
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The future of cities is walkable, healthy, resilient places

The future of cities is walkable, healthy, resilient places

Fast Company — Cities throughout time have faced challenges, vast changes, and civil strife, but our future-much like our past-will be urban. The nature of humanity and progress is that we need to be around one another to think collaboratively, create what is next, and collectively drive toward the future.
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How Urban Areas Played a Pivotal Role in the Presidential Election

How Urban Areas Played a Pivotal Role in the Presidential Election

U.S. News & World Report — America has become a tale of two vastly different places economically, culturally, geographically and politically. Those parts of the country that have experienced continual growth - largely centered in our cities and their surrounding metropolitan regions - have decidedly pulled away economically from other parts of the U.S.
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As Cities Suffer, Congress Dallies

As Cities Suffer, Congress Dallies

U.S. News & World Report — America's cities are hurting. Our nation is battling the twin challenges of a public health crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disastrous economic fallout that it has wrought on our communities. In fact, research from the National League of Cities shows that nearly 100% of cities will see a revenue decline this year.
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Is the pandemic finally the moment for a universal basic income?

Is the pandemic finally the moment for a universal basic income?

Fast Company — When Andrew Yang dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary in February, he had no way of knowing that within weeks one of the central pillars of his failed campaign would move from the fringes of American political conversation to the very center of global policy debates.
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States Are Abusing Preemption Powers in the Midst of a Pandemic

States Are Abusing Preemption Powers in the Midst of a Pandemic

Bloomberg CityLab — During coronavirus, we have seen some of the most egregious examples of states overriding local efforts to protect public health.
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Coronavirus Exposes the Inextricable Connection Between Housing and Health

Coronavirus Exposes the Inextricable Connection Between Housing and Health

Bloomberg CItyLab — Escalated efforts to get homeless and unsheltered people off the streets during coronavirus can serve us long after the crisis is over.
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How We Stopped Villainizing the Social Safety Net

How We Stopped Villainizing the Social Safety Net

CityLab — Brooks Rainwater is a Senior Executive at National League of Cities. In these topsy-turvy times of rapid transformation in response to Covid-19, it has become apparent that a number of once-unimaginable policy solutions are no longer crazy ideas.
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How Car-Free Streets Can Combat Loneliness

How Car-Free Streets Can Combat Loneliness

U.S. News & World Report — Social isolation is a proven killer. With loneliness being linked to a 26% increase in premature death, the digital age isn't paying out on its promises to connect us. While there are a multitude of factors that contribute to this epidemic, car-oriented development is one we can rectify.
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Why Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm

Why Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm

CityLab — When asked what they like most about a city they have visited, almost no one answers: "The cars whizzing by on the streets." Cultural attractions, the people we meet, walking through the city and gazing at plazas, buildings, and places-these are the things that make a city unique.
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Voting in Local Elections Matters. This Is What Cities Can Do.

Voting in Local Elections Matters. This Is What Cities Can Do.

CityLab — If you're worried about the teetering fate of American democracy because of what's happening at the national level right now, the solution may be local: boosting turnout in local races in 2019 is the best way to prepare voters for the 2020 presidential race and the 2020 census.
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How the government workforce can transform itself for the future

How the government workforce can transform itself for the future

Fast Company — Hearing the words "stable" and "government" together can be a little hard to believe with everything going on in Washington these days. The stability of government can, however, be seen in our cities, with a dedicated workforce that makes it happen.
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Why Congestion Pricing Makes Sense

Why Congestion Pricing Makes Sense

U.S. News & World Report — Cars contribute an outsize portion of the carbon emissions pushing us closer toward cataclysmic climate change. To head off catastrophe, we need solutions, not more conversations. Policy choices must lead to a cleaner environment, better health outcomes and community livability. New York City's announcement this spring that it will become the first U.S.
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Fix the Housing Crisis? It's Complicated, But Not Insurmountable.

Fix the Housing Crisis? It's Complicated, But Not Insurmountable.

CityLab — Bozeman, Montana, needs 1,500 housing units, right now. And it's projected to need over 6,000 by 2023. With unmet need, rapid growth, and an unemployment rate of 2.5 percent, this small Western city with a population of about 50,000 and a median home price of nearly $450,000 faces acute housing challenges.
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The 10 biggest issues U.S. mayors say they're tackling in 2019

The 10 biggest issues U.S. mayors say they're tackling in 2019

Fast Company — From housing and economic development, to the environment and demographics, mayors are focused on the issues that matter to people. In 2019, more mayors are discussing fair housing protection, pre-arrest diversion, immigration, and the Census. Cities are the places where the big issues of our time are being debated and addressed.
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What Every Mayor Cares About. Hint: It's Green

What Every Mayor Cares About. Hint: It's Green

CityLab — The state of America's cities is not uniform, but rather reflects the patchwork quilt of innovation and excitement that makes our country succeed. Cities large and small, from coast to coast, care about building better places for people-places with thriving economies, clean environments, and safe streets.
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Autonomous vehicles make congestion pricing even more critical

Autonomous vehicles make congestion pricing even more critical

TechCrunch — Brooks Rainwater Contributor Share on Twitter Brooks Rainwater is the director of the Center for City Solutions and Applied Research at the National League of Cities. More posts by this contributor Cities that didn't win HQ2 shouldn't be counted out As tasks wane, skills rise Autonomous vehicles wi...
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Let New York be the beginning of a congestion pricing revolution

Let New York be the beginning of a congestion pricing revolution

Fast Company — Everyone complains about traffic. It takes too long to get where you need to go, and no one can provide a real estimate on the time it takes to get from point A to B in most major cities-and it's getting worse.
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Cities Must Brace for Automation

Cities Must Brace for Automation

U.S. News & World Report — In February, FedEx unveiled its SameDay Bot , a robot capable of replacing a pizza delivery driver by bringing food right to your door. That same month, PepsiCo announced a major restructuring that will lead to employee layoffs as the company focuses on 'relentlessly automating .'
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Cities could be where universal basic income takes root

Cities could be where universal basic income takes root

Fast Company — In response, a growing number of politicians, social scientists, and even tech entrepreneurs- with names like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman at the fore-are viewing universal basic income (UBI) as a policy tool that could help curb these detrimental effects.
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