Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

The COG is the union of local governments and designated by the USDOT as the region's metropolitan planning organization for regional transportation planning and coordination. The concept of a multi-regional and multi-state transit network is outlined in " The meta-regional transit network " (2009). It's about speed versus access.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Although I did here, " Tysons (Corner) 10 Years after the plan to make it more walkable: the necessity of implementation mechanisms " (2020). This comes up in a letter to the editor to the Post (" Why I won’t take the Silver Line to Dulles "). Some examples exist, especially in Tempe, Arizona.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. Cool train branding designs though for Tri-Rail. I have five foundational pieces on organizing transit at the regional and multi-state scales.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C. People don't want to live in fear.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. An important distinction they make is between in region and out of region visitation. This extends to other public lands.) But spending by in-region visitors, spending per party--not per person--for in region visitation is $42 per day. That's not a lot of money.

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