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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And when thinking about writing about it, I remembered a bus initiative back in 2006 too. WRT bus service improvement see: -- " Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 -- " Will buses ever be cool? When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid.

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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

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. An article, " West Side Market to transition to nonprofit management ," in the Cleveland Plan Dealer reports that the West Side Market there is moving to nonprofit management, while the city will still own the building. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. That will add to the activation-specialness-fun element of the concept of the Bridge Park. I visited it back then and wasn't impressed.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business. Center cities can be pretty dirty. schools (and daycare).

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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.

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Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). A study by Vragara et al.,