Listening & adapting to community needs is critical regardless of strategy, write Olivia Fiol & @claresalerno. urbn.is/3z4tSR4

read about how partnerships with child care providers provide an opportunity to expand food access for families with young children by my wonderful colleagues Poonam Gupta, Kassandra Martinchek (she/they), and Catherine Kuhns here: urbn.is/30MJQDs

So excited about this new publication. Extreme heat is a growing threat for urban areas, and its impacts are not felt equally. Here, we suggest four dimensions of equity for local governments to consider as they take decisive actions on heat.

Tenants are putting in the work 💪 to preserve affordable housing The tenant rights we have in DC, including TOPA, were won by tenant organizers like the Buena Vista residents. I covered their plans to form a co-op for Street Sense Media

From @yfreemark, @eleanorble, & Peace Gwam: In DC, fatalities increased by almost 50% for all road users—including drivers, pedestrians, & cyclists—between 2019-2021, & 40 people were killed in crashes last year, according to city data urbn.is/3sszzXK

The logic here is amazing: with cars banned from Rock Creek Park during the pandemic, too many people used the park for recreation, harming the environment, National Park Service says. The solution is to bring back cars for 9 months a year. dcist.com/story/22/07/11…

amazing work from my wonderful intern, sophia, at Urban Institute! <3 urban.org/urban-wire/cou…

From Olivia Fiol & Sophia Weng: Could shared autonomous vehicles improve transit access for people with disabilities? urbn.is/3e3rtRz

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let's go Jorge Morales-Burnett !!!!!!