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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Andy Byford. I was surprised to see that Andy Byford has stepped down as CEO of Transport for London, as it was his dream job (" Ex-NYC subways chief Andy Byford quits London gig, plans return to US ," New York Post ).

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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 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. I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. Allow the sales of alcohol. Right now places can't sell it.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's a broken record because they don't own their properties. -- " From BTMFBA to "community right to buy" ," (2024) -- " BTMFBA: the best way to ward off artist or retail displacement is to buy the building ," (2016) -- " BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City ," (2024) -- " New form of BTMFBA (..)

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part three -- transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The problem is it hasn't been effectuated very much at the neighborhood scale: -- " Intra-neighborhood (tertiary) transit revisited because of new San Diego service ," (2016) 4. Transit stations as marketing touchpoints and as a design product: i this line of inquiry started when DC let a new bus shelter contract in 2005.