by John Lower | Oct 9, 2017 | Governance, Mobility
A 55 year old hotel worker, Patrick Shannon, was struck by a speeding vehicle as he was bicycling home from his job at the Anaheim Marriott. He was found unconscious with severe head injuries and died six days later. This street violence happened in 2009, the same...
by Jeff Christensen | Oct 5, 2017 | Infrastructure, Society, Technology
If you do a search for “companies with the worst customer service” in 2017, you’ll find that the top three worst companies across all industries in the United States just happen to be large Internet Service Providers. It is tempting to attribute the poor customer...
by Kathy Schaefer | Oct 4, 2017 | Governance, Resources, Smart Cities
Now is a good time to rethink the way we manage flood risk. Or more accurately, perhaps now it’s time to actually manage flood risk. At the heart of the American system of dealing with floods is the misguided idea that we can manage floods. Regardless of how...
by Raj Pandya | Oct 3, 2017 | Resources, Technology
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a community in possession of a good population must be in want of an Earth Scientist. OK, not true – but I wish it was. I think there should be more opportunities for community leaders to find and work with Earth...
by Star Childs | Oct 2, 2017 | Infrastructure, Technology
Long Island City is a New York City neighborhood on the rise, literally. There is more real estate being built in Long Island City (LIC) than any other neighborhood in the country right now, on a square foot basis. Many local factors drive this growth. To understand...
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