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A Reddit thread complains about the quality of snow removal in DC (" Has DC's snow removal gone downhill? "), and it covers some of the same issues that got me writing those posts starting in 2009 (also my experience then working as a bicycle and pedestrian planner for Baltimore County).
Previous years: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Fairlee (1) – I was in town for a conference and stopped by. Hartness/Randolph (1) – Stopped by when I was in a walki I miss this place.
Previous years: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Chelsea (23) – I was the W/Th librarian for a few months. Rochester (1) – stopped by to say hello before teaching some online classes.
Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.
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.
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.
2016); Saathoff v. 2016); Maldonado v. 2009); Viilo v. 2015) (per curiam); Schutt v. 08-CV-294-N-EJL, 2009 WL 3823106 (D. 12, 2009); Dziekan v. The Eighth Circuit’s reasoning and decision was in line with many other circuit court opinions. See Mayfield v. Bethards , 826 F.3d 3d 1252 (10th Cir. Davis , 826 F.3d
In 2009, I was able to spend half a day at Stoneleigh Elementary School in Baltimore County Maryland on International Walk to School Day. And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. They had a very sophisticated approach.
Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region " (2009) DC area transit planning and operations is an extreme example of gaps. The concept of a multi-regional and multi-state transit network is outlined in " The meta-regional transit network " (2009).
That's not unlike what I've suggested for the Inauguration (" Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016) and other super special events (" Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit ," 2023). As revenues have dropped because of the service crisis, WMATA has finally introduced a variety of fare innovations.
Photo: Center for Community Progress Long before the Cuyahoga Land Bank Authority (CLB) came onto the scene in 2009 to help tackle Cleveland’s inventory of vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties , Anita Gardner was driving change in her community. Source: Google Maps The same lot in 2016.
. -- " Branding's not all you need for transit ," 2018 -- " One big idea: Getting MARC and Metrorail to integrate fares, stations, and marketing systems, using London Overground as an example ," 2015 -- " BVG Jelbi — world’s most extensive MaaS solution in Berlin ," Medium The fourth, based on how rail passenger services are organized and delivered (..)
My entry on arts districts and arts as consumption versus arts as production is about this kind of approach (" Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" ," originally 2009, revised 2019). Amanda Browders Spectral Locus, 2016, included in ArtPrizes Project 1 biennial. Photo: Tom Loonan/Project 1.
In 2009, the Center for Priority Based Budgeting was created as a mechanism to help local governments implement PBB, as nothing else existed within local government public finance that truly is scalable, transferable and effective.
Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. The award-winning orchid curtain in the Exhibition Hall at Longwood Gardens' 2015 Orchid Extravaganza. Another link. s Black arts scene ," Post ).
trillion in 2016, which at the time was almost twice the size of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and became the largest source of GSE profits. 5] This was the policy of the FHFA when it was under the control of Acting Director Edward Demarco (2009 to very early 2014). The two portfolios together peaked at over $1.5
: arts as revitalization versus arts as community building ," (2024) In 2009, I gave a presentation at the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas conference about "arts districts" and theatre as an example of an artistic-discipline focused approach. -- " Arts, culture districts and revitalization ," (2009) In 2015 I made the network/cultural (..)
Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C. People don't want to live in fear.
Previous years: 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I continue to think that I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.
average read per month: 11.25 average read per week: 2.6 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.
The failure to think about those failures in terms of rethinking the local arts ecosystem as a network led to pieces such as: -- " More on (DC's) Cultural Infrastructure ," 2009 -- " Building the arts and culture ecosystem in DC: Part One, sustained efforts vs. one-off or short term initiatives ," 2015 -- " The song remains the same: DC's continued (..)
focused on capturing worker trips but open to all ," (2017) -- " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 26 programs ," (2024, original 2015, updated 2020) -- " Repeating b.s. Transit stations as marketing touchpoints and as a design product: i this line of inquiry started when DC let a new bus shelter contract in 2005.
In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. And later about various funding mechanisms. -- St. Many people make the point that lack of dedicated funding is why the system is in failure mode.
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