It may not feel effective at first, but in small government it is. If you go to a city hall meeting there usually aren't many people there, your voice will be heard. If you have a friend or two who feel the same have them come too. If 3 out of 4 people at the meeting are for a certain topic every week itll get through.
Also don't be afraid to talk to other people about issues you care about like this. You can sometimes be surprised to find out that other people agree with you or are easily swayed to your options.
citynerd on yt mentioned this a while ago:
https://parkingreform.org/2023/11/30/a-message-from-citynerd-making-a-difference-with-prn/
i'm not in usa so i dont know if it's any use.
Will definitely look into this. Looks like a good start.
The answer heavily depends on your city. How big is it, what's the governance structure, what citizen committees are there, etc. It also matters what the pressing issues of your city are, and what relevant advocacy groups are already in existence. Not knowing any of these specifics, the only advice I can give you is to track down the Shoupistas.
I live in Memphis. Top issues at last year's mayoral election were (as always) poverty and crime. I think I'm going to have a hard time trying to convince city officials to create better bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Also, Memphis is the corporate home of Fedex and Autozone and with Ford moving in with the Blue Oval City project, I don't know if my voice will get heard. But I'll definitely look into those Shoupistas.
I know can attend city hall meetings and even email the mayor but I feel like those are effective solutions.
I'm confused, if you know those are effective solutions then why not do them?
Opps, grammatical error.
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