First State Insights

JUNE 24, 2021

CEI) since 2015. The Delmarva Central Railroad Company (DCR), a subsidiary of CEI, operates 188 miles of rail line in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia and is managed locally from offices in Harrington, Delaware. CEI) since 2015. Visit carloadexpress.com for more details on CEI and DCR infrastructure and operations.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., In terms of overall waste reduction planning, it's essential to include all properties in a jurisdiction within planning (" More on zero waste practice (and DC) ," 2015).

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Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 18, 2023

Why not improve transit on the National Mall specifically for the Cherry Blossom Festival , a highly important special event?

Transportation 52

Transportation Management 52

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. And the city and citizen-initiated projects use the same process, forms, etc.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Economic Development Public Works 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels.

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Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

Valley Transit (San Jose) poster promoting transit use and transportation demand management. The idea of leveraging grand train stations is also discussed in this entry from 2015, " New State Rail Planning Initiative in DC: First meeting Monday September 28th ," suggesting DC Union Station as a point of leverage.

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Transportation Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I guess that Greg O'Dell, long time CEO, left for the private sector a couple years ago (" Greg O’Dell Named OVG360 President for Venue Management ," SportsTravel). Plus, they are crappy at managing non-sports functions in their spaces. And it could be about the director, who is new and interim.

Urban Planning 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

Metro will be celebrating Independence Day the best way we can — by providing frequent service to help customers get to the festivities around the region and back home safely,” Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said in a statement. Transit financing My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Transportation Operations Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Though I am privileged to be the general manager, it’s your Metro, so please let us know how we can serve you better. I was surprised to see that Andy Byford has stepped down as CEO of Transport for London, as it was his dream job (" Ex-NYC subways chief Andy Byford quits London gig, plans return to US ," New York Post ). Andy Byford.

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Transportation Social Media Fundraising Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

That's because with the way we've designed the transportation system for automobility, you can get away with minimal pre-planning, unless you're going to an out of the way place. MPOs and "active transportation." And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 25, 2022

Today's Post reports, " New Carrollton train hall will unite transit lines, bike lanes, retail ," about a new train hall to be constructed at New Carrollton, the county's primary inner ring transit hub, with Metrorail, MARC, and Amtrak service now, and a Purple Line light rail connection whenever it manages to open. Note that Alex B./City

Development 52

Development Transportation Housing Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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). Create the DMV Transport Association (" The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ") 2.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

," 2013 -- " DC and streetcars #4: from the standpoint of stoking real estate development, the line is incredibly successful and it isn't even in service yet, and now that development is extending eastward past 15th Street ," 2015 -- " The streetcar and the new potential for H Street retail revitalization ," 2016 this is an important piece.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2023

But a failure to keep renewing the space, a fall off in tourism after the Freddie Gray riots in 2015, and the unfortunate occurrence of a lousy property manager buying the complex combined to drive it into ruin. Include transportation, arts and culture, and tourism planning elements. Instead of a task force. Don't dumb it down.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Housing Development 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

The process will provide valuable information that supports decision-making by directors and managers, enabling them to allocate or reallocate resources, based on each program or resource request’s alignment to strategic and corporate priorities.

Budgeting 52

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American City & Country

AUGUST 19, 2024

Envision the Choptank was founded in 2015 to help solve that problem. The grant will support rain gardens, native plantings, and other stormwater management strategies on private properties and in the community park. The application netted a $390K grant to Caroline County, earmarked for flood prevention in Jonestown.

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Engagement Community Engagement Cultivation Nonprofit 86

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. For years I've argued that DC should manage itself as a heritage area with or without designation. Another link.

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Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This entry became very long, so I broke it up. In part they are built on "best practice revitalization" pieces that are listed under master planning.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

Transportation 40

Transportation Campaign Public Health Laws 40

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 20, 2021

This is impossible to substantiate, but goods manufactured in a donor country, brought to Haiti by transport from that country and distributed by personnel from the same country would do little to stimulate the Haitian economy. Krimgold (eds) 2015. Disaster Prevention and Management 28(3): 371-385. Disasters 38(S1): S25-S49. [iv]

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Social Media Public Affairs Development Security 69

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

focused on capturing worker trips but open to all ," (2017) -- " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 26 programs ," (2024, original 2015, updated 2020) -- " Repeating b.s. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Parks And Recreation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

Not as scintillating as the Boston Globe series (" Blueprints for a downtown Boston | Boston Globe "), but at least the business community is concerned about reputation and brand and identity management. From destination managers to city brand managers to community asset managers. into a global learning hub.”.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Programming tends to be provided in parks and public spaces that are managed by conservancies or business improvements districts--organizations that have separate funding sources, and with the luxury of only managing a few spaces, not many dozens. Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Programming tends to be provided in parks and public spaces that are managed by conservancies or business improvements districts--organizations that have separate funding sources, and with the luxury of only managing a few spaces, not many dozens. Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. is why I've argued that the DC area should adopt the German form of regional transport association (called a VV, Verkehrsverbund), which links planning, budgeting and operation into one overarching organization, even if many different entities provide actual transit service.

Transportation 52

Transportation Budgeting Operations Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

There were a couple of other reports too: DC at the Crossroads: Transportation Choices Today Could Bring Pleasant Living, Less Traffic Tomorrow by the local chapter of Friends of the Earth, and reports for the Financial Control Board by Alice Rivlin.) I felt if I didn't get involved my riot-surviving neighborhood would continue to languish.

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Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The goal was to test the theory that if people are given quality transportation choices, they will use them. It certainly seems like a fair trade off to make the corridor safer and more convenient for alternative modes of transportation which was the purpose of the project. The project, called Move Culver City , was a 1.3 Two minutes.

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Transportation Sustainability Elected Officials Implementation 52