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Disorder | Fare evaders at Columbia Heights Metrorail Station, Washington, DC

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Council decriminalizes Metro fare evasion: ‘I’m sad that’s Metro’s losing money, but I’m more sad about what’s happening to black people.’ ," Washington Post , 2018, " Metro cracks down on fare evasion in D.C., And it's a point missed by the social justice types who fueled the decriminalization of fare evasion (" D.C.

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

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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. At an event yesterday, I asked and they estimated that probably 10% or less of glass is recycled in the area.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

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Over the years I've written about the hype about big data and "apps," making the point that there is plenty of "little data" and academic analysis of policy that is already being ignored, despite the richness it offers for improvement in policy and practice. -- " All the talk of e-government, digital government, and open source government is really (..)

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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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Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 Freeway capping. DC 295 and 695 scar the East of the River neighborhoods. Underground them.

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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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