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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? Provide integrated bus arrival and departure information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and MARC stations.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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DC ," 2011, " Silver line reshaping commercial office market in Fairfax County ," 2015, and " Without the right planning "controls" you can't stop change: Loudoun County and rail service in Northern Virginia ," 2012). Provide integrated train arrival information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and VRE/MARC stations (Item 7 in the PL list).

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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)

Part 1 covers some general background information on GSEs as well as the extremely relevant precedent set by the reforms imposed by the FHFA upon F&F in reaction to the most well-known case where the public-private hybrid GSE design had quite visibly flunked. 20] The Federal Reserve Bank’s combined balance sheet in 2006 was just $.81

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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. This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. It could be on screens, as an app, as part of an integrated kiosk-information network.

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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

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The paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. economy " Broadway News )./ Nationwide, attendees spent an average of $38.46