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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Set the opening of the Purple Line as the deadline for the implementation of a full-fledged integrated Night Owl bus network for the DC metropolitan area. Ivan indicated that passengers do not just want information about where they are travelling from, but when they get there, they need the same consistently presented information.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Unfortunately, there are few examples of its implementation, as police departments did mostly "zero tolerance policing" calling it community policing. Broken windows successfully implemented on the NYC Subway in the early 1990s. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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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.

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

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Digital advocates of the year Winner: Digital Identity Directorate Team – Brazil The Digital Identity Directorate Team implemented the innovative GOV.BR This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. Digital Identity , revolutionizing Brazilian citizens’ relationship with the public sector through a secure, simple, and interoperable identity.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St. According to a new report by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, poverty, rates of people without health insurance, educational attainment, job opportunities and overcrowding all worsened in those neighborhoods between 2013 and 2021.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. The second biggest thing I learned was the need for focused and effective implementation organizations. CDC,s can be such a tool.

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Space needle thinking: Seattle, seizing opportunity, and transformational projects action planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

More than 106,000 people are already living in the central core, a 61% increase since 2013. One example might be rezoning in Belltown and on blighted Third Avenue to encourage taller buildings and residential development.