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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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This is worth $20 million per year off football based on a study for the Buffalo Bills, it could be more for other sports because of more events. It mentioned how the RFK campus planning effort by Events DC did mention an arena, but the point never got much play. Benning Road, the extension of H Street is in the upper portion of image.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

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In a study for the Bridge Park project in Washington, DC, one team came up with a nice hierarchy for programming for seasonality: -- Season -- Month (July 4th, Christmas, New Year's, etc.) -- National Events (Public Lands Day, Earth Day, etc.) -- not included but should be] -- DC/city events (e.g., But this is more about major events.

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

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I hadn't thought about it, but maybe SLC is ripe for the double deck bus approach (" Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012) for rebranding and repositioning of bus service as sexy, even though the ridership numbers wouldn't justify it otherwise. Besides the general TDM approach, utilize other methods to promote transit.

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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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They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. They have branded special event transit service, provide service to certain airports, and the Port of Miami Cruise Terminal, etc. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways. It's being built relatively quickly.

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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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Or years ago, I suggested Morgan State should have relocated its architecture school to the Station North Arts district in Baltimore. -- " Morgan State University should move their architecture and planning school to Downtown/Station North Arts District ," 2014 Howard could do something similar. When it was in the commercial district. "

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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First, Virginia's focus on privatization, which is why the Silver Line was not built by Metro (" Silver Line delays: maybe the real lesson is that contracting out construction to the private sector doesn't always work so well ," 2014). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before.

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With the post-covid decline of Downtowns, arts and cultural institutions are affected too

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At the same time, new galleries, pop-up exhibits and artist-led events like Forest For The Trees are bringing fresh blood to the neighborhood and upending the long-held ways galleries have operated.

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