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Change takes forever: plastic bag bans, liquor stores and crime

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is an article from Fox45 in Baltimore that states: " Law enforcement expert says liquor stores are hotspots for crime in Baltimore City." From the article: According to a 2018 Johns Hopkins University study, every 10% increase where alcohol outlets were located, there was also a 4.2% DC did that in 2009.

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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

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. Sometimes there are issues, admittedly, but mostly it's recklessness. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post ).

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And the GMU campus at Virginia Square in Arlington, Virginia, which has the policy and law schools, and other programs. DC's planning function and capacity has diminished with each mayor since Anthony Williams left office in 2006. Faculty creating a cluster, having bright children in schools, supporting community institutions, etc.,