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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

Now a goodly amount of that is encapsulated in " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " (2018), but old pieces like " Making Transit Sexy " (2005), make the point too, less sophisticatedly. Red Line trains will operate every six minutes, while Blue, Orange and Silver line trains will arrive every 12 minutes. to accommodate crowds.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). Cities cost money to operate. WMATA's 2005 study, Development-Related Ridership Survey , found significant car trip reduction associated with the buildings in Metrorail station catchment areas, even in areas outside the core. I think the alternatives proposed by the community are ridiculous.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The FHFA just recently announced the last such cross-subsidy changes in January 2023. percent average G-fee in 2021, about one-third represents items such as operating expenses and loan losses, i.e., things other than the return on capital, and the other two-thirds the needed capital return – or a split (with some rounding) of about 0.15

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