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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But I would argue it's dis-coordinated, and addressing these omissions should be a top priority of the MPO's Active Transportation Committee. And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. The Frontrunner commuter railroad runs from Utah County to Ogden in Weber County.

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Brightline West should also be used to transform public transit service in Las Vegas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Obviously, because we don't have multi-state railroad planning in a coordinated fashion (" Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound "), it's not like such questions are being asked. Ideally, Salt Lake to Las Vegas train service could be routed to the Brightline station on the Strip.

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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

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. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. Get the parks working together and coordinated. National Heritage Area as a way to break silos.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It also lost its regulatory independence, allowing for better coordination with the FHFA and the White House to use even more levers to enact reforms. 14 A good glimpse of this occurred in New York State in 2017. 29 See HousingWire, April 7, 2020, “The fragmented voice of the appraisal industry.” 15 See [link].