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Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Why not improve transit on the National Mall specifically for the Cherry Blossom Festival , a highly important special event? Again, that's more out of simplicity than anything else. -- " Transperth transit (Perth, Western Australia) provides free transit to certain events, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on 2/12/2023 ," 2023

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Desperate times sometimes lead to a more marketing-oriented guise: WMATA/Metrorail | Bonus: WMATA's financial crisis

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That's not unlike what I've suggested for the Inauguration (" Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016) and other super special events (" Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit ," 2023). It's probably too little too late. And absolutely that it is a key issue.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In this context, I salute the thoughtful work of Christopher Gomez, Dierdre Hart and JC Gaillard (Gomez and Hart 2013, Gaillard and Gomez 2015) on the phenomenon of the "disaster gold rush". Currently, as an editor I am dealing, nine years after the event, with two or three new submissions on this disaster. Gomez 2015.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In terms of overall waste reduction planning, it's essential to include all properties in a jurisdiction within planning (" More on zero waste practice (and DC) ," 2015). At an event yesterday, I asked and they estimated that probably 10% or less of glass is recycled in the area. WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " All the talk of e-government, digital government, and open source government is really about employing the design method ," 2012 -- " Creating the right program vs. the hype of big data ," 2013 -- " Does the focus on big data mean we miss the opportunity for better use of "little data" ," 2015 -- " For a lot of "urban problems" the issue isn't (..)

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Drive ins are negative contributors to community

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2013) it was during the time of the Fenty Administration and they had zero interest in or knowledge of place values in communities. I think Loki Coffee has a wide range of events scheduled for April. Like a lot of administrations, to them any development was good development. Loki Coffee. Photo: Bethany Baker, Salt Lake Tribune.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am always amazed seeing photos from Open Streets events, and I wonder, how come I don't see that many bicycles out in the community ordinarily? -- Produce a brochure promoting biking in the greater neighborhood. Such an activity should be a key event during National Bike Month, in every major metropolitan area. Car sharing.