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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. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). It's about speed versus access.

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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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The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. Cool train branding designs though for Tri-Rail. I have five foundational pieces on organizing transit at the regional and multi-state scales.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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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. mile distance.

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

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Town-city management: We are all asset managers now " (2015) is a further extension of these ideas, in part around risk management (" Where is the risk management approach to police misconduct and regularized killings of citizens? ," 2020). the natural environment (open space, rivers, tree cover, watershed, etc.),

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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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Out of region visitors spend on lodging, food, and transportation. 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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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

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Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015. Lee statue with a revisionist exhibit placed around it (" Monuments, historiography, and change ," 2020). The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). And there were alternatives.

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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

Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015. Lee statue with a revisionist exhibit placed around it (" Monuments, historiography, and change ," 2020). The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). And there were alternatives.