2006, 2016 and 2020 - Public Administration Today

2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

2023

2023 Books 2006 2005

California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

MAY 12, 2023

California wildfires, 1980-2000 and 2001-2020 Source: California Fire Perimeters (1898-2020) dataset by Conservation Biology Institute. in the period 2006-2010. As the average air quality in 2006-2010 is 10.95, this is roughly a 1.4 for 2016-2020. We focus on PM2.5, or particulate matter 2.5,

2006

2006 2010 2020 2001

2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

2022

2022 Books 2006 2005

2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

2021

2021 Books 2006 2005

State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The Guardian , 5 May 2020. Murray 2020. The Guardian , 25 August 2020 - and subsequent updates. Pandemic Influenza 18-to 20 October 2016. So where are its emergency planners? Murphy, S.,

2008

2008 2016 2017 2020

Improving the food system related host/ess gifts for Thanksgiving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The first time I wrote this post was in 2016, but I've never done it early enough in the month, when you can actually procure an item in time, without paying for expedited shipping. The specific coffee we buy is up 60%. Source: SmartSense Source: Mexicom Logistics Thoughtful Thanksgiving host/ess gifts beyond wine.

Magazine

Magazine Books Campaign Grassroots

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

APRIL 11, 2024

My mobility shed/mobilityshed and transit shed entry dates to 2006, " Updating the mobilityshed / mobility shed concept." Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). Another related concept is intra-district versus inter-district transit (" Making the case for intra-city (vs.

Transportation

Transportation Coordinator 2011 2006

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Sixth, and belatedly, that the Silver Line taxed the system's infrastructure in ways that have made degradation of service quality standard practice (" More on Redundancy, engineered resilience, and subway systems: Metrorail failures will increase without adding capacity in the core, " 2016).

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Transportation 2011 Sustainability

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

MARCH 1, 2024

Many years ago Leimert Park in Los Angeles was featured in the Washington Post as a black-business district (" Los Angeles's Black Pride: Taking In the Retro Vibe of Leimert Park ," places , 2006). I visited it back then and wasn't impressed.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation 2014 Education Development

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)

MARCH 4, 2024

In fact, an industry consensus emerged around 2016-7 that F&F have been operating far better in conservatorship in areas such as technology, customer service, and risk management than they ever did prior to 2008. 20] The Federal Reserve Bank’s combined balance sheet in 2006 was just $.81 81 trillion.

2008

2008 Legislation Housing 2004

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

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).

Public Safety

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing 2006

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park system in 2016. Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. And there were alternatives. Security and public art.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Events Engagement Magazine

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

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. How to measure and benchmark traffic deaths? The issues are unchanging. Government has a bias for inaction.

Transportation

Transportation 2010 2019 2014

Public Administration Today

2023 reading list and commentary

California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

Trending Sources

2022 reading list and commentary

2021 reading list and commentary

State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Improving the food system related host/ess gifts for Thanksgiving

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

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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

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

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

Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

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