American City & Country

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 American City & County Crown Communities and Exemplary Public Servants awards. The Exemplary Public Servants awards were created in 2018, and since then, AC&C has selected exemplary leaders based exclusively on merit. If it has made an impact, nominate it.

Parks And Recreation 96

Parks And Recreation Constituents Public Transportation Public Safety 96

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

I wrote a piece suggesting something similar for the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake (" Creating 'community safety partnership neighborhood management programs as a management and mitigation strategy for public nuisances: Part 3 (like homeless shelters) ," 2020). The program has been quite successful (" After Years Of Violence, L.A.'s

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Social Services Sanitation Engagement 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 15, 2023

In DC, this matters because the National Park Service provides 80% of the parks facilities in the city, complemented by some other government agencies (e.g., It's complicated by the fact that the city parks department doesn't want to take on new responsibilities, so it outsources new facilities to nonprofits. But also schools.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Nonprofit Government Agency Public Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical. At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility.

Transportation 96

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

I have Esso maps with a map of the London Underground, at least two New York City maps (Esso, Texaco) showing the Manhattan part of the NYC Subway, this map, an Exxon Map showing public transportation of the United States, along with highways, and and British American Oil map of Toronto with a small drawing of a TTC subway entrance.

Parks And Recreation 40

Parks And Recreation Transportation Public Transportation Operations 40