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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." But the funding won't support that.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 11, 2024
According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. If it wasn't forthcoming, only then cut service.
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Google Public Sector
MAY 17, 2023
When Google Public Sector was announced in June 2022, it was a sign of Google’s strong commitment in serving the needs of U.S. military sensors, platforms, commanders, and operators in order to increase battle readiness and responsiveness. federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. public sector customers.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Operating safely isn’t a choice. I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. We are keeping customers at the center of everything we do.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JULY 4, 2023
Red Line trains will operate every six minutes, while Blue, Orange and Silver line trains will arrive every 12 minutes. Step 4: WRT WMATA, declare force majeure, and contract out operation of the heavy rail system to Hong Kong's MTR. The agency will begin increasing service after 4 p.m. to accommodate crowds. Step 3: Fix the Funding.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
It took 13 years to make it operational after planning first started--by contrast it took Seattle four years, and they've since expanded. Nope, in 2015, plans to move forward were scuttled, seemingly forever (" Virginia Beach was right to reject light rail extension ," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ). A perfect example is the DC streetcar.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
However, Angela McKee Brown, the consultant SFUSD hired to implement the recommendations, told Ackerman that IDEO failed to account for the operational and regulatory arrangements required for their implementation. We reject design thinking as a singular tool kit prescribed to solve social problems.
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