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. 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 18, 2024
Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.
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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
AUGUST 20, 2021
This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The 2010 earthquake occurred after yet another period of instability, which the United Nations Peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) had striven to bring to an end. As bodies piled up on street corners and in courtyards there was no time to count them all.
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
JUNE 2, 2023
Transportation accidents. Magis ( 2010 ) similarly defines it as “the existence, development and engagement of community resources by community members to thrive in an environment characterized by change, uncertainty, unpredictability and surprise” (p. Earthquakes. Ice storms. Infectious disease outbreaks. Industrial accidents.
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
DECEMBER 15, 2022
It has altered transportation use and the daily commute. 2015); John Martinez, 3 Local Government Law § 21:7, at 21-25 (2d ed. 304 (2010). The shift to remote work, whether universal or not, represents a significant challenge for public officials focused on economic development. Reynolds, Jr., Local Government Law 515 (4th ed.
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