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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. And later about various funding mechanisms. -- St. Maybe this is no longer necessary. Funding options. The best would be a transit withholding tax.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). We did this in 2008 or 2009. But I had the basic ideas down.