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Topic: Environmental Justice
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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Transportation
During our recent Chicago Truck Data Portal project, cameras counted 5,159 trucks and buses, 129 pedestrians, and 53 bicyclists in 24 hours at West 41st Street and South Pulaski Road in Archer Heights. Truck count researcher and Urban Resilience Associate Paulina Vaca reflects on how supply chains...
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topics: Environmental Justice
Our 2024 “Visionary Voices” open house events bring people together for conversations focused on the built environment. Here are highlights from the first event, which took place at the Center for Neighborhood Technology office on Wednesday, July 10. Diverse perspectives are critical in shaping...
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topics: Environmental Justice, Technical Assistance, Transportation
Supporting Transportation Electrification: Leadership, Learning, Assistance, and Resources
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topics: Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Policy
CNT and the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization counted trucks and buses throughout Chicagoland. The counts available through this open-source portal shine a light on the problem of high truck traffic in environmental justice communities.
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topics: Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Policy
Is the Justice40 Screening Tool identifying the most disadvantaged communities?
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Policy
The White House Justice40 Initiative aims to send 40% of dollars in federal infrastructure and environment programs to under-invested communities. But how do they measure that? We partner with frontline groups to monitor how well public investments line up with Justice40 goals.
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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Policy, Technical Assistance, Transportation, Urban Flooding, Water
We and our partners can help government agencies, nonprofits and community groups plan, apply for and implement new public infrastructure improvements.
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topics: Environmental Justice, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Urban Flooding, Water
The Calumet Region is a region in which infrastructure solutions are planned and built with resident and community leadership.
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Flooding, Water
A quantitative and qualitative look at urban flooding that visualizes flooding indicators and urban flooding locations in the Calumet Region of Cook County.
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topics: Environmental Justice, Water
Chicago finally caught a weekend break from torrential thunderstorms and poor air quality coming from Canadian forest fires on Saturday, July 22—making it a great day for the Water Justice Fair that Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Center for Neighborhood Technology co-...