Kimberly Slaughter has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of SYSTRA USA, as of February 1, 2021
She will direct the growth of our activities in the United States. SYSTRA has taken part in major transportation projects in the US for 35 years and our presence continues to grow
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HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Kimberly Slaughter has been involved in the development of mobility solutions for over 30 years and has a wealth of experience in the transport industry, having worked for architecture and engineering firms such as HDR, HNTB, and Parsons Brinckerhoff, planning consulting firms LKC Consulting Inc. and SR Beard & Associates, as well as operating agencies, including the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County in Houston, TX.
Gov. Charlie Baker and other administration officials met with the media Monday morning to talk about the commonwealth s preparedness for a Nor easter expected to dump more than a foot of snow on Berkshire County. Asked what was different about planning for this storm versus past weather events, Baker admitted that there is a small upside to dealing with a Nor easter in a time when many Bay Staters already are doing their best to stay home as much as possible. The fact that so many people have the ability or have been primarily working remotely for a long period of time means that one of the things you worry about the most, which is everybody deciding to go home from work at exactly the same time all the plows hit the streets, is just not the kind of concern it would traditionally be, Baker said.
‘Data Stories’ Track COVID Impact, Inform Policy in Boston
Researchers collected survey and online data to tell the story of how the pandemic affected Boston’s diverse communities and how urban policymakers can use that information to navigate the path forward.
MetroLab Network has partnered with Government Technology to bring its readers a segment called the MetroLab Innovation of the Month Series, which highlights impactful tech, data and innovation projects underway between cities and universities. If you’d like to learn more or contact the project leads, please contact MetroLab at info@metrolabnetwork.org for more information.
In this month’s installment of the Innovation of the Month series, we focus on a combination of efforts happening in Boston to combine existing data about quality of life at the neighborhood level with surveys about residents’ behavior during the pandemic. This data was then distilled into digestible stories that help the researchers bett
Housing is one of the biggest challenges facing Bostonâs next mayor
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated January 27, 2021, 8:47 p.m.
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For the last six years, anyone who wanted to build housing in Boston knew they had a friend in the corner office at City Hall.
But with Mayor Martin J. Walsh bound for Washington, D.C., to become US labor secretary, developers and advocates are wondering how his successor will tackle one of Bostonâs thorniest challenges: the steep cost of housing.