Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

The COG is the union of local governments and designated by the USDOT as the region's metropolitan planning organization for regional transportation planning and coordination. 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

To date, Council and Administration have developed a strategic plan and completed a 4E (efficient, effective, equitable and economical) review of business plan and budget processes. Congratulations to Strathcona County for their uniquely innovative and inspiring approach to implementing Priority Based Budgeting.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Is separate from the annual appropriations process and is connected, in that primary funding source is the General Fund, but supplemented by other tax sources (special sales taxes usually), impact fees on new development, and transportation related funding. It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) That was a mistake.

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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." My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. Step 2: Separate planning from budgeting. In France, this tax is key, called the versement transport.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

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. Transit financing My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. Step 2: Separate planning from budgeting. And absolutely that it is a key issue. Step 3: Fix the Funding.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. You could do a tradeoff in space (like Tribeca in the 1970s); I'd think about downtown if you can get me around 3000 SF in space.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. Even neighborhood associations.

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