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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 13, 2024

And when thinking about writing about it, I remembered a bus initiative back in 2006 too. When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. But of course, conditions have changed greatly since then.

Transportation

Transportation Public Transportation Communications Implementation

Repeating b.s. about everything being about race and class: bike infrastructure in Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I owe Marc Fisher (I wrote about a similar controversy he fostered on historic preservation 18 years ago!, " Preservation takes it on the chin (updated) " 2006) thanks for getting me off my ass to write--I haven't blogged in months--although I had been on the cusp recently. For us, not owning a car supported $100,000 of our mortgage.

Transportation

Transportation Sustainability Management

Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Howerton, who served Ennis for 32 years before retiring in 2013, became an early mentor to Earp. His philosophy “was to bring in young folks, train them, then push them out of the nest,” Earp recalls.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

DC's planning function and capacity has diminished with each mayor since Anthony Williams left office in 2006. I find DC's planning around higher education to be pretty disappointing. But that's not a unique failing. Maybe it was in stasis under Mayor Gray.) DC has plenty of assets.

Economic Development

Economic Development Education Development Laws

WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

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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Transportation Social Media Fundraising Development

The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Many years ago Leimert Park in Los Angeles was featured in the Washington Post as a black-business district (" Los Angeles's Black Pride: Taking In the Retro Vibe of Leimert Park ," places , 2006). I visited it back then and wasn't impressed. But it provided the bones for a model. Especially with amped up investment.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. We did this in 2008 or 2009.

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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Image: Faggard, 2013. at with opportunity for direct “horizontal communication” between network peers (Schmidtchen, 2006) and as I would also point out, leaders inspire social action or other participatory behavior. Mergel, Ines and Greeves, Bill (2013). These complex networks are optimal when fully connected and ?at Faggard, D.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. That will add to the activation-specialness-fun element of the concept of the Bridge Park. I visited it back then and wasn't impressed.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development

The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business. Center cities can be pretty dirty. schools (and daycare).

Public Safety

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. In the chilling installation, “2487,” the artist, Luz Maria Sanchez, reads the names of the 2,487 people known to have lost their lives crossing the U.S.-Mexico The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ).

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. In the chilling installation, “2487,” the artist, Luz Maria Sanchez, reads the names of the 2,487 people known to have lost their lives crossing the U.S.-Mexico The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ).

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security

It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I have other pieces about options for funding. -- " Metrolinx Toronto: 25 potential tools to fund transit-transportation infrastructure ," 2013 suggests a more structured process for identifying funding than an interview published in the Post. Maybe this is no longer necessary. Funding options. The best would be a transit withholding tax.

Transportation

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). A study by Vragara et al.,

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2023 reading list and commentary

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Repeating b.s. about everything being about race and class: bike infrastructure in Washington, DC

Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

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