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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am always amazed seeing photos from Open Streets events, and I wonder, how come I don't see that many bicycles out in the community ordinarily? -- Produce a brochure promoting biking in the greater neighborhood. Such an activity should be a key event during National Bike Month, in every major metropolitan area.

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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 have branded special event transit service, provide service to certain airports, and the Port of Miami Cruise Terminal, etc. Brightline is a true innovator in creating transit service zones around their stations, some services are free, others cost money or are built into premium services.

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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

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Those are destination events, not events in a local park. Parks will also do ticketed events or rent out their space to big music festivals like Lollapalooza in Grant Park in Chicago.) These too tend to be destination events. Plein Air events. Special lighting events. Painting in public. Many programs.

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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)

Through 2013, the fee moved up strongly as part of the FHFA’s push to raise the cost of GSE mortgages in an attempt to “crowd in” more private market capital into mortgage lending. 24] See the G-fee Report of 2013, issued in November 2014. The two portfolios together peaked at over $1.5 22] See the G-fee Report, pp.

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