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A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines

The Lowe Down

Article by Julia Garbee. In our analysis, we used total suspension rates by county from the California Department of Education for academic years 2011-12 through 2015-16. A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. Maybe they could do an exciting one for 2100 South.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. To ride is expensive compared to the regional commuter rail in South Florida and Brightline has had serious problems with crashes with vehicles and pedestrians. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Proposed Gatineau-Ottawa transit loop.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. The award-winning orchid curtain in the Exhibition Hall at Longwood Gardens' 2015 Orchid Extravaganza. Another link.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

See, for example, the press release, “FHFA Announces Increase in Guarantee Fees” (August 31, 2012), where the first paragraph says, “The changes to g-fee pricing represent a step toward encouraging greater participation in the mortgage market by private firms…” [link]. Also, the 0.10 22] See the G-fee Report, pp.

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