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WMATA "Fleet of the Future" exhibit on the National Mall

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

We took best practices from all over the world — open gangways, more space, better digital screens for real-time information, enhanced video systems to improve safety, a more sustainable aluminum shell, and eye-catching design — and put them in this train,” Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke said in a statement.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

In November 2016, ownership of ONT was returned to the Inland Empire from LA County. By examining cargo volume, domestic and international passenger traffic, and the resulting financial implications, we show that the Ontario Airport has performed significantly better under local management.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Doubling down on place values ," 2022 -- " From more space to socially distance to a systematic program for pedestrian districts (Park City (Utah) Main Street Car Free on Sundays) ," 2020 -- " Planning programming by daypart, month, season: and Boston Winter Garden, DC's Holiday Market, etc. ," 2016 -- " Daypart and age-group planning in mixed use (..)

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October 2016 | Studying Networks Over Time, By H. Brinton Milward

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

This blog post is an attempt to begin a dialogue among public management researchers about how we might begin to design research that would capture the life-cycle of a network using methods that allow the researcher to capture exit and entry of organizations, new governance schemes, and shifts in the task or purpose of the network over time.

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Downtown St. Paul needs 20,000 more people to thrive | implications for urban revitalization in the post covid city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Doubling down on place values ," 2022 -- " From more space to socially distance to a systematic program for pedestrian districts (Park City (Utah) Main Street Car Free on Sundays) ," 2020 -- " Planning programming by daypart, month, season: and Boston Winter Garden, DC's Holiday Market, etc. ," 2016 -- " Daypart and age-group planning in mixed use (..)

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Though I am privileged to be the general manager, it’s your Metro, so please let us know how we can serve you better. I am empowering all staff members to own our service outcomes and to proudly represent America’s transit system. As you travel the region this fall, I hope you will choose Metro.

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To and from origin stations can be difficult: More on the Silver Line and intra-neighborhood transit (tertiary network)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Intra-neighborhood (tertiary) transit revisited because of new San Diego service " (2016): Center City (DC) Primary Transit Network : Core of the WMATA system in DC (31 stations); streetcar system; Downtown Circulator bus service; foundational "main line" WMATA bus services; bus rapid/rapider transit.