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DC Circulator service shuts down

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This year the city decided to cancel the Circulator overall out of budget concerns. Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership. Flickr photo by Elvert Barnes. I don't remember the exact number, but it cost a fair amount, needed many millions for new equipment and had a maximum farebox revenue of about $2 million.

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City of Kenmore Officials Find the Fun in 2017-18 Priority Based Budget

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

“Our major theme of the next two-year budget is ‘Where’s the fun?’” The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. The budget builds on our pedestrian and bicycle safety momentum,” Karlinsey said. 24 meeting.

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

This funding typically makes up only approximately one-third of the federal budget, with a majority of spending going toward Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and mandatory programs that fall outside the purview of annual appropriations. Congress allocates funding for federal agencies and programs through the appropriations process.

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A sad day for the Washington Post and Washington DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The paper was facing the likelihood of a seventh straight year of declines in revenue, with one preliminary budget estimate showing the possibility of $40 million in losses for 2013. Graham, with a once-unthinkable choice at a lunch meeting at downtown Washington's Bombay Club late last year.

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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I was lucky in that the application I'm submitting had a cost category and percentage schedule outlined in a 2013 city memo. It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) That was a mistake. So the Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process: 1. Is annual, not multi-year. Is public.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about this over the years, " Continued musing on restructuring DC's City Council (mostly) " (2013), is probably the most complete summation of recommended changes. And in " Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda " (2015), I suggest more tools for ward-specific oversight.

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Desperate times sometimes lead to a more marketing-oriented guise: WMATA/Metrorail | Bonus: WMATA's financial crisis

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Second, during the 2008 crash, I got an email from an activist in response to all the budget and service cuts faced by transit systems. Step 2: Separate planning from budgeting. It's probably too little too late. And absolutely that it is a key issue. The best time to ask for regularized funding is when you're successful.