2005 Implementation Sustainability 
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 10, 2023
But there isn't a rush to expand it, or to create conditions where sustainable modes are first choice for getting around. Transportation Management Districts as an implementation mechanism for trip shift. If you live within that transit footprint, it works decently. However, it's a pretty half-a * program without a lot of meat.
Open Access Government - Technology News
JUNE 21, 2022
When I think about how things have changed, I have to cast my mind back to 2005 when as a Civil Servant, I co-authored ‘Better Practice Guide- lines for Government Contact Centres. At the start of the pandemic, we moved 1,000 employees from the office to work at home within a 3-week period.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 12, 2022
It's an old rail corridor that was acquired by the Utah Transit Authority (" From rails to trails ," Deseret News , 2005) and is a joint project with the communities it passes through. And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. I rode this trail the other day.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Note that the original PL series on Silver Spring did discuss an intra core shuttle system to complement their parking structures and to allow for converting Fenton Avenue to a sustainable mobility corridor. But I didn't extend this tertiary transit concept to the transit sheds of other PL stations. Tertiary Network concept.
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.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
APRIL 29, 2024
As the government has successfully implemented low downpayment mortgage products, closing costs now account for roughly half of all the cash needed upfront by many first-time homebuyers to purchase a home. Of note, during the height of the bubble (2005 and 2006), the average downpayment by an FTHB actually decreased to just two percent.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
In 2005, I served on the advisory committee for the International Public Markets Conference which covered both DC and Baltimore that year, led a tour, etc. I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. They still haven't.
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