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Perspectives on Transportation Planning

First State Insights

From 2000-2012, Marilyn was Executive Director for Cornell University (NY) Cooperative Extension in Fulton and Montgomery Counties. Prior to moving to New York State, Marilyn spent ten years working in county government in Utah. Prior to moving to New York State, Marilyn spent ten years working in county government in Utah.

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Revisiting yet again the Capital Crescent Trail underground tunnel debacle: Bethesda/Purple Line light rail

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I haven't been writing so much lately because I am in a depressed phase where it seems to me that the capacity of government to be innovative is minimal. I was talking about my writing the other day and I said, half the pieces are about innovation, the other half are about poor decision making.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the DOJ paper: The research produced an alternative interpretation of the link between disorder and crime, one that sees many elements of disorder as part and parcel of crime itself.

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Accelerating the secure exchange of public health data with AIMS, powered by Ruvos and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

To support the swift exchange of critical health information across public health laboratories, governments, and organizations, APHL teamed up with Ruvos, a consulting firm and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner that specializes in health informatics and information technology, to create a secure messaging platform on AWS.

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Creating a results-focused city government: An interview with Michael Nutter, former Mayor of Philadelphia – Episode #138

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

What is the value of evidence and data for elected city leaders as well as how can those leaders create a results-focused culture within city government? The post Creating a results-focused city government: An interview with Michael Nutter, former Mayor of Philadelphia – Episode #138 appeared first on Gov Innovator podcast.

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Regulations carving out a path for new businesses? They may be less important than you think.

The Lowe Down

Arguments erupted over the role of local government regulations, from mask mandates to dining capacity limits, on shaping business activities. 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.

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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The reality is that government buildings don't generate a lot of spillover business development, as I discussed in another entry. government offices, DGS said. Notably, most of the newest developments are city properties--the new DCHD building and a building for the Department of Health. The city will continue to pay $1.46

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