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Revisiting the need for comprehensive transportation planning at the metropolitan and regional scales | For profit services, and White's Ferry, Montgomery and Loudoun Counties

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ," 2017 -- " Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," International Journal of Sustainable Transportation , 2018 When I first (..)

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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 with active management and promotion (the kind of stuff I write about frequently, e.g., " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking: 18 programs "), there could be way more cyclists in that area, because it is a foundational bikeway, over 20 miles long, covering much of Davis County and into Weber County. That part was cool.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But that our management processes aren't set up to do that. Pedestrian advocacy organizations like Feet First in Seattle have provided a great deal of support to Walk to School efforts. I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. Because land use planning is about managing not preventing development, you're always going to get plenty of citizens calling the system corrupt. We thank the commissioners for their service to our county.” Sometimes it is.

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Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities

The City Fix

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

A property is in Financial Distress if it meets at least one of the following criteria: Foreclosure Activity – The property received a foreclosure notice (lis pendens or auction filing) between 2018 and 2021, 18 indicating that the owner fell behind on mortgage payments and is at risk of foreclosure. 2,578 properties (.52%

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. Although states and localities can step in with interim funding to keep them open. They were closed during a 2013 shutdown. Trails access, mountain and electric bikes. Security planning for trails.