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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. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It took them 5 years to get everyone in the same group, and to create a coordinated schedule and fare system.

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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

A way to do this would be to organize transport associations in South Florida, Orlando, and Tampa, to coordinate transit services. It may be the best "in real life" example of the point I make about linking new infrastructure with complementary improvements across the transit network. There aren't plans to extend north up to Jacksonville.

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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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The paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St.

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Government failure in Texas: electricity generation in extreme cold weather (reprint)

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The Dallas Morning News reports (" ERCOT report says Texans face steep shortfalls in power capacity if extreme event hits this winter ") that the state energy coordination ERCOT, is warning Texas residents that the state is still vulnerable to catastrophic utility interruptions, if this winter is particularly cold.

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