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
APRIL 11, 2024
According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011).
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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). But even before that I went back and forth on it. And if there is a lot of kid visitation, well kids don't spend money. I can't think of a worse walk.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
First, Virginia's focus on privatization, which is why the Silver Line was not built by Metro (" Silver Line delays: maybe the real lesson is that contracting out construction to the private sector doesn't always work so well ," 2014). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 19, 2024
Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. Another DC example is development on the site of the Takoma Metrorail station (" The Takoma Metro Development Proposal and its illustration of gaps in planning and participation processes ," 2014).
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 18, 2024
Since 2005 or 2006 I have been recommending that the city create Traffic Management Districts as a way to coordinate transportation management and improvements at the commercial district scale (e.g.
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.
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