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Current Affairs Magazine: US Transit is Abysmal and Unacceptable

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

E.g., Salt Lake City is small and has LR because of the 2002 Olympics. Other lines like Buffalo, Charlotte, Norfolk, New Jersey, etc., have pretty paltry ridership considering. Light rail + bus. Especially when complemented by bus. Even though higher density TOD isn't really part of the equation.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But: (1) "opponents" are applying what planners would call "neighborhood conservation goals" of keeping things the same to how they approach what should happen on blocks that are in fact targeted for change; (2) even though the material conditions of those blocks--commercial, transit station adjacent, multi-unit, denser--are fundamentally different (..)

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

percent annually between 1997 and 2002 to 1.6 percent between 2002 and 2007. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, global productivity growth has largely declined around the world. Even before the crisis, advanced economies’ productivity growth receded from 2.2 It dropped further once the crisis receded, to under 1.0

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Imagine Nation ELC 2022: Former CIOs Reflect on Their IT Modernization Journeys

FedTech Magazine

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the pivotal E-Government Act of 2002, which provides guidelines on how government agencies use IT to handle personal information.

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Alteia and the World Bank assess and enhance road infrastructure data quality at scale using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2002, the World Bank has constructed or rehabilitated more than 260,000 kilometers of roads, lending more for roads than for education, health, and social services combined. Rural roads are critical for connectivity, transportation, and development.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

Dr. Whitson, former chief astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), completed her first mission to space in 2002—with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. Peggy Whitson, Director of Human Space Flight, Astronaut, Axiom Space.

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Kingston Puts a Secure Data Cloud in Your Pocket

FedTech Magazine

In 2019 the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued Federal Information Processing Standard 140-3, the first update to FIPS 140 since the 140-2 update in 2002 Federal agencies are transitioning from the military-grade security of FIPS 140-2 to the new FIPS 140-3 standard.