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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

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And when thinking about writing about it, I remembered a bus initiative back in 2006 too. From the presentation (" The Sign Design Society Event: Defining a City ," designworkplan) by Ivan Bennett, Design Manger for London Buses: One reason other systems have failed is the lack of continuity. This gives a deadline for launch.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

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I stepped down when we moved to Salt Lake in late 2019, although I thought at the time somehow I'd be maintaining residences in both places. I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. Master Plan contract, 2019. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. We did this in 2008 or 2009.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

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According to Drug Store News (" CVS Health debuts first Health Hub Location "): During a ribbon-cutting event at the company's HealthHUB location at 687 Johnson Ferry Rd. The workforce development program of Ebeid is integrated with the staffing program for the supermarket. CVS Health Hub concept. in Marietta, Ga.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

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Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. Again DC has a great example as c. 2000 it was national best practice in terms of improving streetscapes in commercial districts, significantly boosting success of those areas. They remade it into a full park circle.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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There would be plenty of benefits for DC, discussed here, "" If DC had visionary elected officials and planners it could use the new WMATA "BOS" study to push through the development of a separated Silver Line in DC (and Northern Virginia) ," 2019). Extending the Yellow Line south on Rte.

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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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Like Tower Hamlets' IdeaStores (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019), it should have been placed in the commercial district. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points.