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Mexicans have enshrined the right to safe mobility in their constitution. Progressives are celebrating wins at the city level. A Google tool lets you travel virtually back in time to see what cities looked like in years past.
In Mexico, a right to mobility: Mexico has added an amendment to their constitution that supports a “Right to Mobility” for citizens. As roads in the country have become more dangerous, people have been clamoring for greater attention to safe transportation. The declaration of safe mobility as a human right is a unique step globally. (Dario Hidalgo | The City Fix)
A progressive “blue wave” in cities: The blue wave may not have materialized nationally, but at the city level progressive candidates have scored plenty of wins, including young progressive candidates and major transportation initiatives. (Patrick Sisson | CityLab)
An experiment that lets you time travel in cities: Using new technology, a Google experiment allows a viewer to virtually time travel back in time to explore how ciity streetscapes have changed over tiime. The virtual open source map shows a birds eye or pedestrian level view of any city dating back to 1800. The next step is creating accurate 3D versions of buildings using photographs. (Nate Berg | Fast Company)
Company gets $700 million for parking lot hubs: REEF Technologies, a company that uses parking lots as sites of corporate kitchens and fulfillment centers, raised $700 million in venture capital to continue expanding. The company’s goal is to create “15-minute cities,” places where people can access everything they need in 15 minutes or less. (Chris Teale | Smart Cities Dive)
What happens when we just give people money: A study in Canada gave 50 people experiencing homelessness a lump sum of $7,500 to do what they wanted with. Over the next year, people who received cash were able to move into stable housing at higher rates and reduced their spending on drugs, alcohol and tobacco. (Sigal Samuel | Vox)
Vanya Srivastava contributed to thses summaries
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