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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

From 2014 to 2021, Dawn led the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology, where she spearheaded the exploration and implementation of emerging technologies to serve missions, and led the organization’s first restructure in its 57-year history. General Raymond Anthony Thomas III is a retired general of the U.S. Nadja West is a retired U.S.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They aren't coordinated or leveraged very well. Some schools have invested in nearby commercial districts, like Catholic University mentioned above. Maybe it was in stasis under Mayor Gray.) Cities like Greensboro or Portland or Spokane have to be more innovative because they have fewer opportunities. DC has plenty of assets.

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

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In fact, I mention that as an issue a lot in terms of funding. Andy Byford. I was surprised to see that Andy Byford has stepped down as CEO of Transport for London, as it was his dream job (" Ex-NYC subways chief Andy Byford quits London gig, plans return to US ," New York Post ).

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The COG is the union of local governments and designated by the USDOT as the region's metropolitan planning organization for regional transportation planning and coordination. It took them 5 years to get everyone in the same group, and to create a coordinated schedule and fare system. . Hamburg's transport association is the model.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate. Coordinating Parking/Developing a shared parking scenario One of the big problems with capitalism is every property does its own thing. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM.

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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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Get the parks working together and coordinated. 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. National Heritage Area as a way to break silos.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

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They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. A way to do this would be to organize transport associations in South Florida, Orlando, and Tampa, to coordinate transit services. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways. It's being built relatively quickly.