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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?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework ").

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And that there should be ward-specific subcommittees of the pedestrian and bicycle advisory committees to put greater focus on ward specific improvements (this was something I wrote into the Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan I did for Baltimore County in 2010). ANCs need transportation/traffic safety committees. And public health.

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Fatigue in the Public Sector Workplace: Risks and Solutions

Barrett & Greene

in 2010 to 35.6% That study found that poor sleep quality was particularly common in a number of professions that are part of the public sector, including healthcare, protective services, and transportation.

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COVID-19: Airline Bankruptcy? (with Michael Huerta)

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About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018. Before being named Administrator, Mr. Huerta served as Acting Administrator of the FAA from 2011 to 2013 and FAA Deputy Administrator from 2010 to 2011.

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COVID-19: Airline Bankruptcy? (with Michael Huerta)

Policy Chats

About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018. Before being named Administrator, Mr. Huerta served as Acting Administrator of the FAA from 2011 to 2013 and FAA Deputy Administrator from 2010 to 2011.

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The basic lesson of intensification that government officials and activists don't understand: intensification happens first in high value areas, not low value areas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the Smart Transportation Guidebook. And why in some places, proximity to transit has little value premium, so creating transit oriented development is very difficult, time intensive, and requires subsidy (" From the files: transit planning in Baltimore ," originally written 2010). I said, "no. He was very surprised.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) Field 2018). 2010) showed that in Colombia the combined effect of 20,000 small destructive events was much greater than the socio-economic impact of five large disasters. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Elliott, D., Swartz and B.

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