Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is on a panel in Buenes Aires on "Building Low-Carbon and Resilient Neighbourhoods" as part of the C40 Cities right now.
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The moderator asks about updating the "One Seattle Plan", and asks what models Seattle is using. Harrell pivots to talking about how "One Seattle" is about getting past divisiveness and listening to one another.
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Harrell is using an example of his time on the city council to highlight his work on equity, talking about how Seattle changed the way that the city replaced streetlights, going from a complaint based model to one based in quadrants.
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Harrell gets asked about "Resiliency Hubs". He touts the hubs as "safe places" during heat waves and other times of crisis, noting affluent people in Seattle have their own resiliency hubs in their homes but the less fortunate do not.
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"Resiliency with respect to climate change, resiliency with respect to self-development as well," he says, bringing up mentorship which is frequently a touchstone for Harrell.
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To summarize, the two substantive programs that the Mayor described so far during his C40 panel were: streetlight replacement and the conversion of community centers and libraries to have solar panels, HVAC systems and heat pumps.
Harrell was followed by New Orleans Mayor LaTolla Cantrell, who is touting the Gentilly Resilience District, a neighborhood-wide green street and stormwater project.
nola.gov/resilience-sus
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That was all of Harell's comments on that panel. The session following his is titled "Tackling Transport Poverty, Air Pollution And Climate Breakdown". In 2017, Seattle pledged to move toward a low emission area in the city and hasn't made any progress.
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I wonder if the mayor will stay in the room to hear 's answer when she was just asked about how to take away space from cars on Boston's streets.
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"We are also setting out to ensure that everyone across the city equitably has access to cycling infrastructure and other improvements...every new project that we move forward on...helps us build momentum to keep going," - just now.
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Wu also talked about how they made three of the busiest bus routes in the city fare-free, but paired that with service and reliability improvements and emphasized how important that is.
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You can rewind here and watch all of the discussions here:
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