Telling the Story of Cities
The promises and peril for transit expansion in Puerto Rico Photo by: Gian Cordero Last month in San Juan, after a week of free service, the Director of the Integrated Transit Authority of Puerto Rico (ATI) announced that the system saw a 26% increase in patronage, demonstrating that when the public perceives a public transit… Read more Navigating Colonial Challenges: The State of Public Transit in San Juan
Why transit agencies and advocates should learn from car ads to make planning less contentious Image credit: GO Transit Adam Gopnik writes that transit advocacy in the US lacks the same “passionate constituency aroused by cars and by bicycles,” with most people willing to “settle for Chinatown buses and carpools and shuttle planes,” for example,… Read more Selling Transit Dreams
by Lisa Nyamadzawo Sanitation often lags behind many other services and commodities across the globe. The State of the World’s Sanitation Report by UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) estimates an alarming figure of 4.2 billion people, that’s over half of the world’s population without access to proper sanitation. Poor sanitation contributes to over 830,000… Read more Menstrual Hygiene in Africa: A Tale of the Forgotten Women and Girls
by Sarah Aita In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) spearheaded a plan to make cities more inclusive for older populations. Ever since, a growing number of cities and towns have invested in programs and infrastructures in which older adults can age-in-place and lead a healthy, active life. Yet, in the wake of COVID-19, the… Read more Rethinking Age-Friendly Cities After Covid-19
by Samantha Sánchez President Biden has recently proposed a $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and reshape the economy in a post-COVID-19 world. The plan includes rebuilding 20,000 miles of roads, repairs to 10 of the most critical and largest bridges in the country, the nationwide removal of lead pipes, and more. More importantly, Biden… Read more Nothing About Us, Without Us – Addressing the Diversity of Planners in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan