Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JULY 4, 2023
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.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Another example is the taxi collectif program of the STM transit system in Montreal , which operates at end of line stations. The transit network concept I worked out is based on how Arlington County, Virginia, in their 2005 Trasnportation Plan, defined a Primary and a Secondary Transit Network. Tertiary Network concept.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
In 2005, I served on the advisory committee for the International Public Markets Conference which covered both DC and Baltimore that year, led a tour, etc. In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. We did this in 2008 or 2009.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 21, 2024
Cities cost money to operate. I argue that that section of the Metro operates "monocentrically" while the overall design of the system is polycentric, which doesn't help the city so much--BART is a great example of a polycentric system, although SF doesn't really need it because it has its own rail-based transit system.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 10, 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 Of the current 0.46 percent versus 0.30 31 Increasing the 0.30 percentage points.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. But the funding won't support that.
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