Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. is why I've argued that the DC area should adopt the German form of regional transport association (called a VV, Verkehrsverbund), which links planning, budgeting and operation into one overarching organization, even if many different entities provide actual transit service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004). But transportation is the biggest issue, better connections making it easier for people to go to other nearby districts, some of which (as I wrote about in the Eastern Market piece ) are more carefully managed to be constantly "on."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But these kinds of efforts are often criticized as inequitable ( Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities: Who Wins and Who Loses When Schools Become Urban Amenities , Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara, 2013). It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!:

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

The Walking City urban form is the "urban technology" that supports active cities (" Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis" ," " Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving ," 2024). Philadelphia has advantages. From the Lee's Marketplace website.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I suggested many things over the years including: -- creating a transportation management district for the Capitol Hill area, serving Eastern Market. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). Create a transportation management district.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. When it is the Idea Store ,” 2004, Guardian ). This extends to other public lands.)

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