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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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It's definitely a real estate play. From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life. Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park. October 24, 2002.

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

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I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. a Bike Expo in association with the 5 Boro Ride, which had more than 100 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees in 2014. And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. NYC sponsors(ed?)

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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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Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. But even before that I went back and forth on it. Another link.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

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Definitely this is another example of DC government's failure to focus and to be innovative. There's a letter to the editor in yesterday's Washington Post , " D.C. must step up on road deaths." It's a good letter. I started writing a response in the comments, but it was too long. So a blog entry is better.