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My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. is why I've argued that the DC area should adopt the German form of regional transport association (called a VV, Verkehrsverbund), which links planning, budgeting and operation into one overarching organization, even if many different entities provide actual transit service.
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.
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1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes.
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Inadequacies in school transportation planning ," 2022 -- School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan -- Starkville in Motion A failed job interview with DDOT.
Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. 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). This extends to other public lands.) That's not a lot of money.
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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. Maybe I'm just a racist, but that's a facile take.
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I think I was ahead of many of those scholars. -- " Updating the mobilityshed / mobility shed concept ," (2008, originally 2006) 2. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic. By focusing on key concepts that "I've developed" here's a list. I see they're updating their plan.)
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
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
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