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. But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). Adding a Tysons tram system to that list.

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Elected Officials Transportation Sustainability Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It took 13 years to make it operational after planning first started--by contrast it took Seattle four years, and they've since expanded. That even so, transit (and sustainable mobility) is what distinguishes DC from the suburbs and that you need more of it to continue to differentiate DC as a place to choose to live and conduct business.

Public Administration 52

Public Administration Development Government Elected Officials 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Texas’ grid operator on Friday released its predictions for peak electricity use in Texas for this winter that showed steep shortfalls in power capacity in an extreme event, despite not accounting for February’s deadly freeze. So what's up for Texans this winter?

Government 40

Government Accountability Regulations Coordinator 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

I know that Miami is served by bus, a heavy rail system that was burdened by a poor system design that didn't focus on stoking ridership, an intra-district downtown transit service called Metromover (" Making the case for intra-city vs. inter-city transit planning ," 2011, " Brief follow up to intra-district transit proposal for Tysons: Toyama City (..)

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The NTHP used to have a great cultural heritage tourism operation but they junked it. Truthful study of event tourism finds that the economic impact of spending is much more limited than touted.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

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.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Transit/transportation as a set of networks operating at different scales : this extends the argument laid out in the 2006 Arlington County Master Transportation Plan, where they defined their primary and secondary transit networks. ( Sustainable mobility platform : this builds off transit to include urban design and multiple modes.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Parks And Recreation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. In terms of operating the business, the Main Street recommendation is that a traditional retailer spend no more than 4% of its gross revenue on rent. Sustainable mobility. Opposition to preservation.

Transportation 52

Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

But with their falling into conservatorship while generating roughly one-quarter of a trillion dollars of net income losses from 2007 through 2011, faith in that business model understandably evaporated among policymakers. Unfortunately, none of these proposals[[The proposals had varying degrees of detail. mortgage system.]]

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Legislation Implementation Housing Regulations 90