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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

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Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Dave currently serves as a senior advisor for Blackstone Investment Group. General Raymond Anthony Thomas III is a retired general of the U.S.

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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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Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. Get the parks working together and coordinated. But even before that I went back and forth on it. National Heritage Area as a way to break silos.

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

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Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate. Coordinating Parking/Developing a shared parking scenario One of the big problems with capitalism is every property does its own thing. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM.

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

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And there is a lot of work on "violence interruption."

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

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They aren't coordinated or leveraged very well. Maybe it was in stasis under Mayor Gray.) Cities like Greensboro or Portland or Spokane have to be more innovative because they have fewer opportunities. DC has plenty of assets. And that's where the local government planning functions have opportunities.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

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My point is you ask for money when you are wildly successful and everyone is looking to join the bandwagon, not when you are failing, in crisis, and you have few friends. Andy Byford.

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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. A way to do this would be to organize transport associations in South Florida, Orlando, and Tampa, to coordinate transit services. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways. It's being built relatively quickly.