The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The coronavirus pandemic hit public transport hard. Global ridership tanked initially by as much as 80%, and transit was still at around just 20% of pre-pandemic ridership at the end of 2020. There is serious concern that people will increasingly opt for private vehicles, should public.

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GovLoop

JULY 26, 2024

That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Before the ADA, Public transportation, such as trains, were not required to have handicap access. Because these items were voluntary, they usually did not exist, and disabled individuals often were excluded from public and economic life.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After starting his career with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford has held key positions at transit systems across the United States, including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Northern California, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Some time ago, I learned about how the LA Police Department in association with the Housing Authority, created what they called a community safety partnership, to put officers full time in high crime housing projects. The program has been quite successful (" After Years Of Violence, L.A.'s I think it's a model that's quite portable.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

See past blog entries: -- " Pathetic not revelatory: Quality of bus stop study in San Francisco ," 2021 -- " Bus shelters as social spaces, as potential vectors for virus: Seoul's new anti-covid bus shelter ," 2020 Project for Public Spaces has a report on the topic, Destination Station: Transforming Bus Stops through Community Outreach.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units.

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