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WMATA "Fleet of the Future" exhibit on the National Mall

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

We took best practices from all over the world — open gangways, more space, better digital screens for real-time information, enhanced video systems to improve safety, a more sustainable aluminum shell, and eye-catching design — and put them in this train,” Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke said in a statement.

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Winter snow clearance in the Walking City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I used to write yearly about this, focusing on how the sustainable mobility centric city needs snow removal policies that co-equally privilege walking, biking and transit users, not just the motor vehicle parts of roads.

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Technology: What, When and How to Adopt

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

He was later appointed Interim Fire Chief (2013-2014). Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), a position he assumed in March 2016 after serving the City of Los Angeles for thirty years. He was later appointed Interim Fire Chief (2013-2014).

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Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transforms performance management to improve service

American City & Country

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office’s HR team recognized that its method of performance evaluation, which was time-consuming and required extensive spreadsheets and paper forms, was no longer sustainable. Beckwith earned a bachelor’s in human resource management from Saint Leo University in 2014 and became SHRM certified in 2016.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Years ago, Arlington County, Virginia used to sponsor a sustainable mobility expo. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Repeating b.s. about everything being about race and class: bike infrastructure in Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plus, for each person shifted to sustainable modes, that's one less car on the road, one less competitor for limited parking spaces, etc. Plus it's cheaper (" AAA: Your Driving Costs: The Price of New Car Ownership Continues to Climb ").

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework "). It's about speed versus access. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). I note that GGW just wrote about this this week. German VV as the model for DC.