PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting
AUGUST 30, 2016
"The Toledo Chamber’s jointly funded venture with the City is the first of its kind public-private partnership in the world to bring Priority Based Budgeting into a community." At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JULY 4, 2023
Second, during the 2008 crash, I got an email from an activist in response to all the budget and service cuts faced by transit systems. Step 2: Separate planning from budgeting. As revenues have dropped because of the service crisis, WMATA has finally introduced a variety of fare innovations. Step 3: Fix the Funding.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
It was supposed to go to Virginia Beach, but with opposition they cut that part from the project, expecting that once the system started operating, there'd be a clamoring to expand (" As light rail nears in Norfolk, Virginia Beach begins to reconsider previous decisions to not participate ," 2009).
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 11, 2024
Funny of course, because this is driven by the financial pressures faced by WMATA foremost (" Facing massive budget shortfall, Metro releases budget proposal that slashes service and increases fares ") but also other area transit providers, who've lost lots of riders in response to work from home. And financing.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. Not mixed commercial use. Or some housing on top of retail.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 10, 2023
budget calculations but intentionally set things up so that the broader financial marketplace believed the government had an obligation to never let the two companies default on their debt; 15 this allowed the marketplace to largely ignore measures of GSE financial strength, in particular their capital ratios.
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." They charge two.
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