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The Benefits of Smart Buildings for State and Local Government Campuses

State Tech Magazine

Although smart city technology has long been a focus for local governments, a great deal of energy and investment has been put into projects such as smart streetlights, transportation infrastructure and digital kiosks. It’s an area that is ripe for innovation…

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM.

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"A country that runs on oil can't afford to run short," corporate ad inside a Standard Oil of Illinois map of Wyoming, 1973

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Now I am interested in ephemera, paper goods like maps, magazines, advertisements, newspapers, tourism brochures, etc., especially those items that illustrate points about land use and transportation planning. Gas station "stuff" -- collectibles -- is referred to as petroliana.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

so it's a lucrative market for transportation services, especially if they are convenient and cost effective. Las Vegas has a bus-based transit system (" Las Vegas RTC: Where Image is Important ," Mass Transit Magazine ). The first element is an integrated public transportation system. Metrolink at Rancho Cucamonga Station.

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Community Planning Month and transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Two of the most important books related to transportation in terms of community planning are Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns: Better Living With Less Traffic by David Engwicht and Cities in Full by Steve Belmont. This is the basis of the concept of "transportation demand management." He also discusses this in terms of "exchange."

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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

The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels. Cool train branding designs though for Tri-Rail.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part one -- (in)FAQ and my influences

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There were a couple of other reports too: DC at the Crossroads: Transportation Choices Today Could Bring Pleasant Living, Less Traffic Tomorrow by the local chapter of Friends of the Earth, and reports for the Financial Control Board by Alice Rivlin.) Governing Magazine was full of articles about government success.