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Technology: What, When and How to Adopt

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

From 2008 to 2018, Jim chaired FEMA’s National Advisory Council. 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. From 2008 to 2018, Jim chaired FEMA’s National Advisory Council.

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Automobile interests don't favor mass transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Understanding the value of dedicated lanes, above ground or underground, is well understood. -- " London Mayor proposes roadway tunnels to divert surface motor vehicle traffic and congestion ," 2016 I've proposed it for DC for years. -- " Who knew?

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September or October should be College Bike Month

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I did have a section on biking for transportation in the 2016 post, " Back to School #3: College." Although the US version is now called Walk and Roll to School Day , to recognize skateboards and scooters as part of the sustainable mobility mix.

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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). German VV as the model for DC.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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To and from origin stations can be difficult: More on the Silver Line and intra-neighborhood transit (tertiary network)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Note that the original PL series on Silver Spring did discuss an intra core shuttle system to complement their parking structures and to allow for converting Fenton Avenue to a sustainable mobility corridor. But I didn't extend this tertiary transit concept to the transit sheds of other PL stations.

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Scooters, private equity, micromobility and transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Bird launched in Santa Monica, a tourist-beach town, and the scooter users were recreational. -- " What the e-scooter industry hasn't figured out about Santa Monica: It's recreation not transportation ," 2018 Note, ride hailing is a similar issue. It's personal transit, not mass transit. And it works best in areas with a lot of stations.