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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

WRT bus service improvement see: -- " Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 -- " Will buses ever be cool?

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I worked on this 16 years ago. "Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Most of the development energy in Brookland has been west of the station and railroad tracks, on land owned and redeveloped by Catholic University (" Takoma's Brookland moment: some opposition to apartment development on the WMATA station site ," 2013).

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The group organized in 2013 to try to prevent the kind of displacement that has traditionally followed many Metro stations and new transit lines across the country. The study came from the public-private Purple Line Corridor Coalition, a group composed of government officials, community activists, nonprofits, companies and academics.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Walking City urban form is the "urban technology" that supports active cities (" Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis" ," " Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving ," 2024). Philadelphia has advantages. From the Lee's Marketplace website.