article thumbnail

WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Funny of course, because this is driven by the financial pressures faced by WMATA foremost (" Facing massive budget shortfall, Metro releases budget proposal that slashes service and increases fares ") but also other area transit providers, who've lost lots of riders in response to work from home. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011).

article thumbnail

10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

And in 2006, Bunker-42 was bought privately and re-purposed as a Cold War museum, restaurant, karaoke bar, conference center and wedding venue. We managed to attract customers who wanted a good quality of service but who had recently tightened their budgets.” Fortunately, the threat of nuclear war eventually passed.

2009 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. She is the Hayward, California city manager and has worked in the office since 2006. Top City Mayor Blogs. Ventura City Manager.

Blog 52
article thumbnail

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

7 Additionally, GSE subsidies and privileges are crafted to largely avoid showing up as a federal budget expenditure, thus avoiding competing with other priorities for scarce tax dollars. The two companies have no lobbyists or lobbying budget and make no political donations of any kind. 81 trillion.

2008 88
article thumbnail

Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). The platforms of social media are built around weak ties” (Gladwell 2010, p. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief. 2011; Aday, et al.,