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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

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When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. WRT bus service improvement see: -- " Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 -- " Will buses ever be cool? Provide integrated bus arrival and departure information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and MARC stations.

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CFP: Place of Teaching in Academic Librarians Work - Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

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2012, 6) Teaching has become a core activity in academic libraries over the last decades, but librarians may find their teaching role to be a complicated one. Some may feel anxious or ambiguous about the role (Lundstrom, Fagerheim, and Van Geen 2021; Mattson, Kirker, Oberlies, and Byrd 2017). "Librarians teach. Either way, we teach."

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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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Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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See below for more information. . The contents are intended for general informational purposes only, and you are urged to consult your own attorney concerning your situation and specific legal questions you have. For more information on the CRA Hub, a membership for bankers to connect, inspire, and master the art of CRA: [link].

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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 could be on screens, as an app, as part of an integrated kiosk-information network. Arlington and Montgomery Counties have done and still do this.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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DC ," 2011, " Silver line reshaping commercial office market in Fairfax County ," 2015, and " Without the right planning "controls" you can't stop change: Loudoun County and rail service in Northern Virginia ," 2012). Provide integrated train arrival information screens at Metrorail, Light Rail, and VRE/MARC stations (Item 7 in the PL list).

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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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Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. s Least-Visited Smithsonian, The Anacostia Community Museum, Is Preparing For Gentrification " WAMU/NPR, 2017.