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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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Street Smarts: Jacksonville Forges a High-Tech Future in Mass Transit

State Tech Magazine

Roughly two years after Nathaniel Ford became Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO in 2012, JTA launched what Ford refers to as “a very aggressive approach related to technology.”

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Great quote about the orientation of US society and politics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Elon Musk's Politics Are About As Complicated As Trump's ," New York Magazine : American liberalism is multifaceted. The Democratic Party has long been committed to expediting the maturation of the electric vehicle and renewable-energy sectors through public subsidies. And that made Tesla’s rise possible.

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Street Smarts: Jacksonville Forges a High-Tech Future in Mass Transit

State Tech Magazine

Roughly two years after Nathaniel Ford became Jacksonville Transportation Authority CEO in 2012, JTA launched what Ford refers to as “a very aggressive approach related to technology.”

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Q&A: In Florida, JTA CEO Nathaniel Ford Champions Public Transit

State Tech Magazine

Since 2012, Ford — whom the American Public Transportation Association selected as Outstanding Public Transportation Manager in 2020 and President Barack Obama named a White House Champion of Change in 2015 — has served as the Jacksonville Transportation…

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Turkish bus firm Karsan produces a 16 passenger electric bus which would also work but is bigger (" What Kind of Big Impact Will a New Minibus Have on North America’s Small Bus Market? ," Mass Transit Magazine ). Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate.

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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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. -- " 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.