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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. is discussed by WTOP, " Metro’s future of bus service could bring new routes and end some familiar stops." And when thinking about writing about it, I remembered a bus initiative back in 2006 too.

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More systematic equity and revitalization planning as an imperative and opportunity in the suburbs: Northern Virginia

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Which infuses two articles outlining a revitalization strategy for St, Louis, and a brief follow up: -- St. Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program? Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St. They don't report that there aren't systematic programs to address this.

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

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One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C.

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

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This is in response to this Washington Post article, " Purple Line study: Without help, light-rail line will bring gentrification." The group organized in 2013 to try to prevent the kind of displacement that has traditionally followed many Metro stations and new transit lines across the country.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Post has an article about how Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is getting a masters degree in machine learning so he can apply AI to government and creating better policy (" A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI "). Positive deviance theory: Hope amidst failure. Like my frustration with DC Government.

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

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An article in the Philadelphia Inquire r makes the point that the "fashion" initiative had no legs because of white flight and a change in the industry in terms of fast fashion (" White flight and fast fashion meant Market Street never got the attention it deserved. billion arena in Center City "). Could the 76ers change that? ").

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The capital improvement program reflects the region’s commitment to maintaining and improving your community’s $100 billion transit asset. 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.

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