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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The same shortcomings were present in the 2005 London bombings, as were others (for example, the way in which 'major incident' as declared). This is because the concept of 'command' eclipses that of 'coordination' (and also because of the low status of this field). Modern emergency management is based on coordination and cooperation.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Davis recalled that their legacy communication system made it nearly impossible to coordinate rescue efforts. “We Bolster resource availability—particularly in times of crisis Louisiana has seen its share of natural disasters—in 2021 alone, seven hurricanes made landfall.

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Market, Message, and Medium: A Library Marketer Shares How She Tackles Promotions in a Time Crunch

Super Library Marketing

Suzanne Macaulay began her career as a Children’s Librarian at Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream, New York in 2005. In her role, she coordinates outreach, consults on youth services, helps secure state aid for library construction, manages continuing education for her libraries, and does the marketing.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's an old rail corridor that was acquired by the Utah Transit Authority (" From rails to trails ," Deseret News , 2005) and is a joint project with the communities it passes through. But I would argue it's dis-coordinated, and addressing these omissions should be a top priority of the MPO's Active Transportation Committee.

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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.

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To shift away some trips from the car, we need super robust transportation demand management processes

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For the most park, transportation agencies don't do corridor management, where they coordinate all modes within a mobilty corridor, like I-15, which is paralleled by the Frontrunner commuter rail line, and has light rail transit too. I was talking with Suzanne about this and 1. Corridor management.