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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

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One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Parks, recreation centers, libraries. Usually cities have parks and libraries in the core. Not usually recreation and community centers. It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: People don't want to live in fear.

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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. " What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. " The Bridges now.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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.

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

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After the acquisition of MCI by Verizon, the latter picked up the naming rights for the arena. The arena and revitalization of the East End. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life. Because Chinatown has a Metro stop and virtually all of the neighborhoods around Metro stops are thriving with or without a Verizon Center.”