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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. Set the opening of the Purple Line as the deadline for the implementation of a full-fledged integrated Night Owl bus network for the DC metropolitan area. But of course, conditions have changed greatly since then.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Although we did send the Yellow Line down that way, but not as far, to Fort Belvoir. -- " A "Transformational Projects Action Plan" for the Metrorail Blue Line ," 2020 To deal with this planning wise, it's important to think about intra-district versus inter-county transit service. Extending the Silver Line to Leesburg.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In August [2022], the hospital system opened its affordable housing project Vía Sana in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. MetroHealth in Cleveland is doing something similar (" MetroHealth’s new $759 million Glick Center opens Nov. 5, signaling a new era of healthcare ," Cleveland Plain Dealer ).

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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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Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St. 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). DC invests, half heartedly in people, not in place.