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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

APRIL 11, 2024

inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). Second, when budget crisis hits services are cut. -- " Without the right transportation planning framework, metropolitan areas are screwed, and that includes the DC area ," 2011 2. 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.

Transportation

Transportation Coordinator 2011 2006

Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This Seattle Times article, " Is West Seattle the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle? ," illustrates those ideas--record stores, clubs, artists living there, record labels, the KEXP-FM rock radio station, practice spaces, recording studios, music education programs in Seattle Public Schools, etc., Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times).

Economic Development

Economic Development 2017 2003 Article

No more housing filtration? (at least in big cities)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 1, 2022

From the article: Homeowners have long outspent renters in Toronto’s census metropolitan area; a decade ago, their average bills were $1,516 per month versus tenants’ $1,043. per cent more than tenants in 2011, it fell to 38.84 That trend is still visible in areas like Toronto’s Little Italy, or a large swath of southwest Brampton.

Housing

Housing 2016 Urban Planning 2011

Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A list of the full citations of the articles referenced can be found at the end of this post. One-time investments in CLT properties can keep those properties affordable as long as the CLT exists, ensuring affordability for far longer (Institute for Community Economics 1982, Jacobus and Brown 2010, White 2011). 5 (2020): 823-842.

2010

2010 Housing 2015 2011

National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It's also complicated because some people in low income neighborhoods believe that local schools are always inferior to schools in high income areas (" DCPS middle schools in black wards, "positive deviance" and the pull of the attractiveness of schools in the upper income wards west ," 2022). and other cities take notice ," Seattle Times ).

2011

2011 Parks And Recreation Transportation Engagement

I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

From the article: Administration officials see the influx of workers as an economic boost and part of a broader effort to scale up critical health infrastructure in a place where life expectancy and health outcomes lag behind neighborhoods to the west.

2007

2007 Development 2014 Economic Development

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Transportation 2011 Sustainability

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

There's an article, " ‘Sticky’ places are urban planning lifelines Shared spaces build community and are key to alleviating America’s loneliness epidemic. From the article: These spaces make people feel welcome, represented, and connected to their neighborhoods, and this, in turn, builds social connections between visitors.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Engagement Urban Planning Books

Options for Expanding Property Tax Relief for Lower Income Homeowners

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

that limit is $31,900 for 2022, meaning the circuit breaker income limit is $47,850 for 2022); and, Have lived in their home for at least 5 years. Without any exclusions or exemptions, Tina’s 2022 property tax bill would be $3,500. Under the circuit breaker, Tina’s 2022 tax bill would be $1,200. 4% of $30,000 is $1,200.

Laws

Laws 2022 Local Government Housing

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

From the last article: It is this more gilded, elegant Chicago – home of arguably the nation’s and even the world’s greatest collection of 20th Century high-rise structures – that foreshadows the current city. New Geography). I'm pretty down on the capacity of DC's planning function though.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Public Safety Management Housing

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Also see: -- " To and from origin stations can be difficult: More on the Silver Line and intra-neighborhood transit (tertiary network) ," 2022 Brightline as an opportunity to improve transit in Florida cities, using the Transformational Projects Action Planning Approach.

Transportation

Transportation 2017 2018 2019

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

Transportation

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing

Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). Since the two companies had $90B of net worth 12 as of 2022 Q2, that strongly suggests that the need for a government rescue this time around is extremely remote.

2007

2007 2009 2008 Housing

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). Destination events and problems. Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune. presidential election.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Events Engagement Magazine

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). Destination events and problems. Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune. presidential election.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Events Engagement Magazine

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

MARCH 1, 2024

From the article: Surveying the 30-plus public gardens, arboretums, historical landscapes, and support groups that comprise Greater Philadelphia Gardens, consulting firm Econsult Solutions added up the digits and found an economic impact of $256 million a year, a big boon for the tourism industry.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation 2014 Education Development

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)

MARCH 10, 2023

The FHFA then indicated that it ended this delay and began to employ the newer, higher capital requirement approach beginning in 2022. Individual GSE public financial disclosures do, however, indicate there may have been a modest increase during 2022 (i.e., What about the average G-fee in 2022? percent to 0.49

2008

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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?

Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

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No more housing filtration? (at least in big cities)

Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Options for Expanding Property Tax Relief for Lower Income Homeowners

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

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

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

Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

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

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

Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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

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