Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2023

Bicycle Traffic as a system, diagram, German National Bicycle Plan, 2002-2012 It comes up again because according to the Washington Post (" New Capital Crescent Trail tunnel could be delayed as costs grow "), now the cost of a tunnel is over $80 million. million, is too expensive.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

I guess that was an opening salvo for Mayor Bowser, as the Post ran an article today about her wanting to address this (" As D.C.’s Earlier in the week there was a not particularly enlightening oped by former DC Planning Director Andrew Trueblood suggesting a reconsideration of the Height Limit (" A monumentally modest change to D.C.’s

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This is in response to this Washington Post article, " Purple Line study: Without help, light-rail line will bring gentrification." The second biggest thing I learned was the need for focused and effective implementation organizations. CDC,s can be such a tool. Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2022

From the article: This last dimension drew both Trump and Musk into the Democratic orbit in the early chapters of their careers. And for businesspeople like Musk and Trump, it's all about self interest. And that made Tesla’s rise possible.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are tons of "leadership books" and seminars and articles about leadership lessons from sports team coaches. The Stanford Social Innovation Review has published articles over the years about application of design thinking to social enterprises and social issues. But to dig deeper for the right lesson. Learning from sports teams.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Article by Abbas Seltzer. Figure 1 displays the growth in business applications in each state from 2012-2020, where one can observe the varying growth in business applications across the United States. FIGURE 1: 2012-2020 Business Application Compound Annual Growth Rates by State. They may be less important than you think.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

From the article: UW-Madison wants to reimagine and energize Library Mall in the heart of campus with stylish walkways, native plants, shade trees and splashing water. The lesson that I learned from the article about Boulder is that it isn't just about the design, and having lots of pedestrians, it's also about on-going management.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Post has an article about how Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is getting a masters degree in machine learning so he can apply AI to government and creating better policy (" A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI "). Positive deviance theory: Hope amidst failure.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 11, 2023

Interestingly, the article discusses the back and forth between the community and the development group on their provision of various community benefits, which the community says has been laggard. General discussion about the progress of the redevelopment in dealing with community development concerns.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 23, 2022

I remember reading an article in Harvard Business Review back in 2012 where data science was dubbed the “ Sexiest Job of the 21st Century ”. Hannah Alexander, Junior Data Scientist at Ascent, shares her journey into data and gives insight for young women to join the tech movement early on and revolutionise female data science.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 6, 2023

Christopher Liddell, the deputy chief of staff during President Donald Trump’s administration, wrote an article in the Spring edition of National Affairs headlined, “ The Five-year Presidency ,” where he details his final days in the White House and why potential presidents should plan early.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Article By Noah Hendelman. Since 2012, a majority of California citizens have voted by mail in US presidential elections, and most California counties offer a mix of in-person and mail-in voting options to cast one’s ballot. For instance, at a given level of mail-in voting, turnout was highest in 2008 and far lower in 2016 and 2012.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2024

Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). An article about the aftermath in the Post , " Va. Governor Youngkin just sprung this on everybody. Let alone vote on it.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

From the article: Meanwhile, a few hundred feet away, Pioneer Square mainstays Linda Hodges Gallery and the Center on Contemporary Art are celebrating a different milestone: their last First Thursday Art Walk. Hotel Development ," Bisnow), and retail spaces that are getting crushed.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Will sent me an article about advocates concern about a rise in bicyclist related deaths in DC (" Through tears, a devastated mom demands DC do more to keep cyclists safe ," WUSA-TV). Participants take part in a mass yoga class to mark the summer solstice on Times Square in New York, June 20, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 13, 2022

With a critical eye toward the creation and perpetuation of racial disparities, the article examines four categories of policy responses: addressing root causes, preventing homelessness, providing services, and facilitating sustained exits from homelessness, which this post, too, will examine in turn. You can read the full article here.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Caption: see below There is an article a few months ago in the Baltimore Sun , " Maryland transportation officials ask for public comment on potential transit routes from Towson to Baltimore ," that planners are suggesting that Towson be served directly by light rail.

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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. This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2023

The Boston Globe has an interesting article, " Gentrification is washing over America’s wealthiest cities. The article has an interesting discussion about how this came about. Transforming a building. " Now and There " by Faith Ninivaggi , 555 Columbus Avenue, Uphams Corner neighborhood, Boston.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

charlie shares with us an article by Edwin Heathcote, the architecture columnist for the Financial Times , " Can a city be redesigned for the new world of work? There is an article about how public schools are weak in customer service (" Survey: Majority of parents say schools’ customer service needs improvement ," K-12 Dive).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs.

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The Lowe Down

MAY 14, 2023

Article by Abizer Mamnoon and Anahitha Gopikumar Ontario Airport (ONT), located east of downtown Ontario in San Bernardino County, is the geographically closest airport to the Claremont Colleges. Between 2012 and the acquisition, John Wayne rose to become dominant in international flights compared to ONT, Long Beach, and Bob Hope.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Article by Julia Garbee. The suspension rate data and juvenile imprisonment data were merged by county and year, adjusting the imprisonment year so that it aligned with suspension rates academic year (2012 became 2011-12). A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

From the article: In a first for the province — and believed to be unique in Canada — a “vertical school” will be built into the third floor of the project on Lake Shore Blvd. Toronto is building a school as part of a condominium project (" In a first for Ontario, a school in a condo is coming to Toronto’s waterfront ," Toronto Star ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In turn that would help to spur development of the Pepco power plant site, which stopped producing electricity in 2012, and Benning Road further east, and Minnesota Avenue. Other areas too.)

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The Lowe Down

JANUARY 5, 2022

Article by Nicolas De Mello. births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44; in 2012, the rate was 63.0 The article contributes to the line of research on recessions and birth rates by constructing a novel dataset of 150 countries and using an event study analysis to explore how fertility rates are impacted by the trough of recessions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

. -- " Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021 The fifth is writing on bus transit. -- " Making bus transit service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 --" Will buses ever be cool? They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 22, 2019

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. The reason for mentioning this example is part of my response to an article that appeared in Times Higher Education (THE 2019).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

There is an article at Building Salt Lake, " Why isn’t Utah Transit Authority supporting the Rio Grande Plan? ," opining about why the Utah Transit Authority isn't all in on the concept of reviving Rio Grande Station as the "central station" for Downtown railroad and transit service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

From the article: Badger wrote that the “decision to close the store is the result of the lack of volume coming into the store from the surrounding areas, the COVID-19 pandemic, and public accessibility.” From the article: [Steve] Markel, vice chairman of the Henrico County-based specialty insurer Markel Corp.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

From the article: Surveying the 30-plus public gardens, arboretums, historical landscapes, and support groups that comprise Greater Philadelphia Gardens, consulting firm Econsult Solutions added up the digits and found an economic impact of $256 million a year, a big boon for the tourism industry. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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Death and Taxes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I show them an old clip from the 2012 Vice-Presidential election debate of then Vice President Biden saying “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget and I will tell you what you value.” It discusses local sales taxes starting on page 10 and similarly to TML’s it breaks them down by article.

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MAY 17, 2022

Article II, Section 24 of the state constitution excludes from the definition of a local act any “any bill to enact a general law classified by population or other criteria.” Article V, Section 2 of the state constitution requires that exclusions “shall be made by general law uniformly applicable in every county.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before. Proposed Gatineau-Ottawa transit loop.

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 1, 2023

Proposals for community-based projects often require references as well, such as citations to government reports, public datasets, or news articles. Many reference managers also allow you to search for relevant articles from within the tool and have features similar to a PDF reader (e.g., Why Use a Reference Manager?

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