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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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inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework "). Another related concept is intra-district versus inter-district transit (" Making the case for intra-city (vs. It's about speed versus access. And financing.

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

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At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to supporting Japan’s digital transformation (DX) ambition by helping Japanese customers modernize IT and innovate securely at pace, driving sustainable economic growth. I’m humbled to share that since 2011, AWS has invested ¥1.35 View a larger version of this image.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. 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). More network improvements.

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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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I know that Miami is served by bus, a heavy rail system that was burdened by a poor system design that didn't focus on stoking ridership, an intra-district downtown transit service called Metromover (" Making the case for intra-city vs. inter-city transit planning ," 2011, " Brief follow up to intra-district transit proposal for Tysons: Toyama City (..)

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Picture this: How the U.S. Forest Service uses Google Cloud tools to analyze a changing planet

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It directly manages 193 million acres and supports sustainable management on a total of 500 million acres of private, state, and tribal lands. Using both historical and current data, the Forest Service built new products, workflows, and tools that help more effectively and sustainably manage our natural resources.

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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

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That even so, transit (and sustainable mobility) is what distinguishes DC from the suburbs and that you need more of it to continue to differentiate DC as a place to choose to live and conduct business. Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017), are beyond remarkable. Or the Norfolk light rail.

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

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“We are fighting perception, and you have to be aggressive, or it takes on a life of its own,” says Andrea Zopp, who was CEO of World Business Chicago, the city’s public-private partnership for corporate recruiting, from 2017 to 2020. “It It would be a serious mistake to move major entertainment venues to the suburbs,” Florida says.