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Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Why not improve transit on the National Mall specifically for the Cherry Blossom Festival , a highly important special event? Again, that's more out of simplicity than anything else. -- " Transperth transit (Perth, Western Australia) provides free transit to certain events, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on 2/12/2023 ," 2023

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A Decade of Connect Karo: Advancing Urban Development, Food Security, Climate Resilience and Electric Mobility

The City Fix

Since 2013, WRI India’s annual flagship event, Connect Karo, has served as a platform for facilitating dialogue between policymakers, experts. Join us July 17-18 for Connect Karo 2023 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Register now and review the agenda.

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Resilience is an illusion

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

This is not to denigrate the work of resilience managers, as there is obviously much to be done to reduce the risk and impact of adverse events. Previously (Alexander 2013), I thought that Holling was wrong about resilience. After much pondering of the question, I have come to the conclusion that resilience is an illusion. Holling, C.S

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the presentation (" The Sign Design Society Event: Defining a City ," designworkplan) by Ivan Bennett, Design Manger for London Buses: One reason other systems have failed is the lack of continuity. This has been discussed in depth here, " Will buses ever be cool? Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model."

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Foresight

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Inspired by the events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago Francis Fukuyama wrote his treatise on The End of History (Fukuyama 1992). History, of course, continues to be made, both as events and as some form of human social development. One is that the shifting context pilots events. References Fukuyama, F.

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Desperate times sometimes lead to a more marketing-oriented guise: WMATA/Metrorail | Bonus: WMATA's financial crisis

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That's not unlike what I've suggested for the Inauguration (" Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016) and other super special events (" Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit ," 2023). It's probably too little too late. And absolutely that it is a key issue.

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2023 Year in Review: National Land Bank Network

Center for Community Progress

National Land Bank Network Summit In Cleveland, Ohio, we held the first in-person National Land Bank Network Summit , the only national event dedicated to urban, suburban, and rural land banks. In that time, land banks across the state have helped their communities in countless ways, from creating jobs to reducing crime.

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