Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. To ride is expensive compared to the regional commuter rail in South Florida and Brightline has had serious problems with crashes with vehicles and pedestrians. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

First, Virginia's focus on privatization, which is why the Silver Line was not built by Metro (" Silver Line delays: maybe the real lesson is that contracting out construction to the private sector doesn't always work so well ," 2014). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Louis article (paragraphs reordered): Every aspect of operations was reexamined with an eye toward keeping passengers safe. Also see " Criminology and the Fundamental Attribution Error ," a speech by Ronald Clarke on the acceptance of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology (2015). One that WMATA ought to pay attention to as well.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

percent) in 2014, after having been purposefully increased by the FHFA and the two GSEs in prior years. percent range since 2014, rather than being materially lower or higher, does not seem to be well understood in the industry or among policy specialists. percent in 2014 and then stayed in the 0.44 percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

BPBI Project Update to Priorities Committee - September 16, 2014 When complete in 2015/16, these processes will simplify and strengthen business planning and budgeting at Strathcona County, providing focus and direction to all of the County’s activities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

The Economic Impact of Local Parks: An Examination of the Economic Impacts of Operations and Capital Spending on the United States Economy , National Recreation and Parks Association). But even before that I went back and forth on it. And if there is a lot of kid visitation, well kids don't spend money. I can't think of a worse walk.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

It's amazing how much I've written about this topic, providing guidance for something that could have been great. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 14, 2024

Pullman was an industrial community, known for being the home of the Pullman railcar operation, which finally went kaput in 1955, although it manufactured cars elsewhere into the 1980s, and was later absorbed by Bombardier. In 2015, the Pullman manufacturing site was designated as a national monument, the Pullman National Historic Park.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." But there are over 20 operators of the various services, including private operators of bus lines. My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. Start over.

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