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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

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s first elevated park will link neighborhoods divided by river ") as it nears moving towards construction within the next couple years. What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " Is written up in the Washington Post (" D.C.'s The Bridges now.

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

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And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical. At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility.

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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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But even before that I went back and forth on it. Was it merely DC trying to copy other unusual creative infrastructure endeavors (at the same time there was an attempt to create a similar bridge in London, under then Mayor Boris Johnson, " An absurd vanity project for our age – Boris Johnson’s garden bridge ," Guardian ). I'd say yes.