Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 29, 2023

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. Additionally, change management is essential as teams shift left towards iterative development and automated deployments.

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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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Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

The City Fix

MARCH 26, 2024

After decades of experience with diesel vehicles, cities and operators need to understand the technical and operational specifications of e-buses to. The adoption of any new technology involves some degree of adaptation, and battery electric buses (e-buses) are no exception.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Avoiding another CrowdStrike Traditional operating systems, such as Windows, have complex architectures that are susceptible to system-wide failures and rely heavily on software updates and patches from a whole suite of third-party companies that can, and have, introduced new issues.

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Budgeting Security Public Transportation Sustainability 96

The City Fix

JULY 19, 2023

The minibus taxi (MBT) industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transportation system with a fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles, operated by thousands of providers, employing some 600,000 drivers. MBTs account for 80% of all journeys taken by taxi.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

But it's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. The point of planning is to be proactive, not reactive.

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Transportation Public Transportation Operations Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 15, 2023

The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association.") Schools have playgrounds and other facilities which may or may not be open to the public. But also schools. There is a Friends of Philly Aquatics, but obviously they aren't a significant player.

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Parks And Recreation Nonprofit Government Agency Public Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. If it wasn't forthcoming, only then cut service.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When I travel from north London to my university I use public transport, which is of variable reliability. The problem is that procedural rigidity constrains us to use methods for harmless travel that are the same as those that apply to dangerous experiments and surgical operations.

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Transportation Public Transportation Operations 59

Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

With the muscular computing capacity and deep-learning capabilities to help optimize an elaborate web of systems and interests – including transportation, infrastructure management, energy efficiency, public safety and citizen engagement – artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development.

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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. Photo: Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The top eight selected finalists were Seoul Robotics , TRAINFO , Gridmatrix , Nota Incorporated , Lilin , Derq , Sentinel Transportation Systems LLC , and Roadway Management Technologies. Specifically, TRAINFO operates a hybrid data architecture utilizing Amazon Aurora and Amazon Neptune. Ultimately, the judges named Derq Inc.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Learn how islands are leveraging digital technology to innovate across four of the main trends re-shaping our transport systems: promoting public transportation through mobility as a service (MaaS), active mobility, electrification, and autonomous vehicles. Islands can help us to imagine the art of the possible.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 7, 2025

We know about congestion zones from cities like London and Stockholm, where motor vehicle operators pay a toll charge for entering the city core. Revenues from the congestion charge are earmarked for much-needed improvements to New Yorks ageing subway and other public-transport systems.

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Transportation Public Transportation Voting Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 21, 2025

of US adults use public transportation to get to work, according to 2022 data from the Census Bureau, down from 5% in 2019. But theyre not just going to, in the middle of daily life, change an entrenched habit. == Transportation Demand Management. -- article Only 3.1% in 2022 as more people reported working from home.

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Transportation Public Transportation Management Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 14, 2025

The latter, along with the opening of the Silver Line, seem to be the key events in marking the decline of the WMATA system in terms of service, operations, and ridership declines. In short, I argue that for transportation demand and system management goals, transit in the DC area should be free on Inauguration Day.

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