2021, Public Transportation and Sustainability

The City Is the Solution: Celebrating Jaime Lerner

The City Fix

JUNE 11, 2021

Jaime Lerner passed away on May 27, 2021. A world-renowned Brazilian urbanist, he was three times mayor of Curitiba and two times governor of the southern state of Paraná. Besides his great ideas, he was a very kind person and. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Disruption and Refocusing: COVID Response and the Climate Crisis at Transforming Transportation 2021

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 brought tremendous disruption to the global transportation sector. As the world coped with a pandemic, millions began working from home and millions more lost their jobs. Logistics networks were broken and then reshaped. All while the planet experienced the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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What’s Going On with ARP Infrastructure Investment in North Carolina?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

A significant benefit of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) for North Carolina CED professionals is the availability of funding for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure though the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRS). Public Space 12.5 Public Space 12.5 Broadband 2.8 Broadband 2.8

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The Top Urban Stories From a Year of Pandemic

The City Fix

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As 2021 closes, most cities around the world continue to grapple with the uncertainty of a pandemic now in its second year. Amid dips and rises in cases, the emergence of new variants, and the ongoing challenge of vaccinating the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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More remonstration about the molasses of change: Transit planning, Baltimore County, Maryland and Towson

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

When I worked for Baltimore County in FY2010, as a bicycle and pedestrian planner, simultaneously the master plan update was going on, and I was asked to submit a briefing paper on transit and sustainable mobility. The seven proposed “alternatives” were identified in a feasibility study completed in 2021.

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Daring Cities 2021: Going from Ambitious Climate Goals to Impactful, On-the-Ground Solutions

The City Fix

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The need to set aggressive goals, backed by meaningful numbers, is an obvious starting point in the fight against climate change. It’s common knowledge that if global warming exceeds 1.5C, we face the prospect of everything from increasingly extreme weather. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Bus stops as neighborhood focal points and opportunities for placemaking

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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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

APRIL 11, 2024

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). I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.

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Paris’ Vision for a ’15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

The City Fix

JANUARY 26, 2023

Until just a few years ago, the right riverbank of the Seine in Paris was an urban highway used by over 40,000 vehicles every day. Despite being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the road was either heavily gridlocked during rush.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 20, 2023

The first element is an integrated public transportation system. In Las Vegas it would mean bringing together the RTC, Las Vegas Monorail, and private services including taxi and shuttle services, Brightline West, the Nevada DOT, and probably the Airport and Convention Center in an overarching German style transportation association.

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The Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19: Transforming Transportation 2021

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Plummeting bus and train ridership, lost jobs, overflowing warehouses, more inequality: 2020’s disruptions to the transport sector were widespread and deep. Speaking at Transforming Transportation 2021, co-hosted by WRI and the World Bank, sustainable mobility leaders from around the world.

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The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

The City Fix

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 upended life as we know it. The coronavirus killed almost 2 million people and counting, while roughly 100 million people fell into extreme poverty. The world entered its worst recession since the second world war. Deep-rooted racial and economic injustices were. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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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

MARCH 20, 2023

My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels. From the OBJ : The growing Iinternational Drive resort area currently has about 75,000 employees, a number projected to reach 100,000 in the next few years, which increases the need for a connected transportation system.

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4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

The City Fix

AUGUST 5, 2022

Gas prices doubled in the United States between February 2021 and June 2022, topping out at more than $5. President Biden suggested that the United States implement a Federal Gas Tax holiday to help consumers weather historically high gas prices.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. The fact is, racism happened/happens.

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The City Is the Solution: Celebrating Jaime Lerner

Disruption and Refocusing: COVID Response and the Climate Crisis at Transforming Transportation 2021

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What’s Going On with ARP Infrastructure Investment in North Carolina?

The Top Urban Stories From a Year of Pandemic

More remonstration about the molasses of change: Transit planning, Baltimore County, Maryland and Towson

Daring Cities 2021: Going from Ambitious Climate Goals to Impactful, On-the-Ground Solutions

Bus stops as neighborhood focal points and opportunities for placemaking

WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Paris’ Vision for a ’15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement

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

The Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19: Transforming Transportation 2021

The Great Reset: 7 Environment and Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2021

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

4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

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