Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
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 operates Thursday-Sunday in two local business districts. They still haven't.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 1, 2024
The Economic Impact of Local Parks: An Examination of the Economic Impacts of Operations and Capital Spending on the United States Economy , National Recreation and Parks Association). 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.
Public Policy Blog
JUNE 16, 2013
In this document, we complete our four-part vision by articulating a doctrine we call “swarming,” and which we believe may eventually apply across the entire spectrum of conflict—from low to high intensity, and from civic-oriented actions to military combat operations on land, at sea, and in the air (preface, iii). Image: Faggard, 2013.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 19, 2023
This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." But there are over 20 operators of the various services, including private operators of bus lines. My solution: Step 1: creating a regional transport association. Start over.
Public Policy Blog
JANUARY 3, 2014
Use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, blogs and photo sharing sites illustrate the flexibility of ICT platforms in supporting collective action and social movements while the mediums themselves are both inexpensive to operate and instantaneous; multiple messages can be conveyed clearly and consistently over the course of movement evolution.
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