Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate.

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Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units.

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Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). sustainable mobility. People don't want to live in fear. cleanliness. Center cities can be pretty dirty. schools (and daycare). In general, people don't want schools to be bad.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing 2006 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

Admittedly, many transportation agencies are investing a lot in urban design, livable streets, sustainable mobility, etc. But even in the best agencies, a lot of the time sustainable mobility and urban design elements are overlooked, or removed from plans because of the cost.

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Transportation Economic Development Sustainability Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. To ride is expensive compared to the regional commuter rail in South Florida and Brightline has had serious problems with crashes with vehicles and pedestrians. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

The project took six years to complete, and the station opened in 2012, with full service in 2013. Union Station railyard with MARC commuter train in the foreground. Conclusion. Why wasn't extension of the subway one of the first agenda items for redevelopment planning for the Philadelphia Navy Yard? It's been 26 years.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. Create a transportation management district.

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