Welcome back Mariia Zimmerman of MZ Strategies for her second appearance on the podcast. We discuss how livability initiatives have changed over time at the federal level, from the initial attempts to foster growth by transit to more recent efforts to ensure equitable results from the coordination of transportation and development policy.
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Evolution of Federal Livability Policy
By Jeff Wood
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