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Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit

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. -- " Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016 Note that DC will be launching free surface transit later this summer (" Free ride: DC unveils bold plan to boost public transit ," Associated Press), something I'll get around to writing about (" Is making surface transit free the best transit investment DC can make? ," 2016).

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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

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The Washington Post has an article, " H Street was once a symbol of D.C.’s That being said, a Reddit entry in response to the article makes some excellent points that I wouldn't necessarily have come up with, not being there any more. You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004).

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

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From the article: One study of Philadelphia’s Basic Systems Repair Program found that when even one home on a block received repairs, there was a 21.9% decrease in homicide rates.

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With the post-covid decline of Downtowns, arts and cultural institutions are affected too

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

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From the article : Metro rides are free after 5 p.m. 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). Tuesday Officials suggest taking Metro to get to the Mall.

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Federal government research hub development initiative

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From the article: In a move aimed at expanding the tech sector’s economic development engine to more parts of the country, the Biden administration on Monday named 31 communities as innovation hubs that will work to advance a range of technologies, including autonomous systems, quantum computing, biomedicine and green energy.

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

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And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."