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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

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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). Gaps don't abate.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

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She also served as the first female chief of the NASA Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2009 to 2012. He runs the Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC)—a new cybersecurity hub that allows city, state, and federal entities to coordinate efforts against cyberthreats.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

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Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Dr. Heather Wilson From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson served as Secretary of the U.S. Dave currently serves as a senior advisor for Blackstone Investment Group.

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

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My point is you ask for money when you are wildly successful and everyone is looking to join the bandwagon, not when you are failing, in crisis, and you have few friends. Andy Byford.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

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Although it has a problem of not necessarily including for profit actors. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ," 2017 --" Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," (..)

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. Get the parks working together and coordinated. National Heritage Area as a way to break silos.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

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In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. We did this in 2008 or 2009. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. I mentioned it over time.