Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 22, 2023

Also see: -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," 2018 There's been a lot of reporting of late on communities reducing parking requirements, and a new book by Henry Grabar (" Book Review: 'Paved Paradise,' by Henry Grabar ," New York Times). But Donald Shoup's High Cost of Free Parking was published in 2005.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. This should have been done as part of BRAC planning, something I first suggested in 2005.) Extending the Yellow Line south on Rte. Integrate the long distance commuter bus network into a unified system.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 16, 2025

When I first wrote about this in 2005, it was about "how do you get activation in neighborhood commercial districts when there aren't a lot of restaurants, and the neighborhoods are just beginning to improve, that is, attract more residents and businesses. 20 years later, perhaps the title is a bit of a misnomer.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These two recent entries recount many of the pieces as step by step I developed a more comprehensive approach to arts-based revitalization. -- " Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024 ," (2024) -- " The town (or place) that art saved(?):

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Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

Of note, during the height of the bubble (2005 and 2006), the average downpayment by an FTHB actually decreased to just two percent. .” [6] Prior to the Great Financial Crisis, this effort was not successful, as the loans were often of substandard quality. Post-2008, with all the reforms enacted via the Dodd-Frank Act (e.g.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

People like me have been saying this for years, that WMATA needs to invest in its relationship with area residents as customers, riders, funders (as taxpayers), and supporters of transit. -- " Making Transit Sexy ," 2005 (!) -- " More on Metro and rethinking transit marketing ," 2006 -- " Helping Government Learn ," 2009 -- " Transit, stations, and (..)

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