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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. The Turkish bus firm Karsan produces a 16 passenger electric bus which would also work but is bigger (" What Kind of Big Impact Will a New Minibus Have on North America’s Small Bus Market? ," Mass Transit Magazine ).

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

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Broken Windows theory (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) posits that communities where there are vacant buildings, litter, abandoned cars etc. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.

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It's not the age of the housing stock, but the ability of property owners to maintain it: Disinvestment in Pittsburgh

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They gave one of best ever community tours I've been on at a conference (" Artists bring flourish to Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , " A Transformed Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Magazine , Vacancy to Vitality in Pittsburgh’s East End: Penn Avenue Arts Initiative , case study, Metris Arts Consulting ). Louis: -- " St.

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CIL reprint: Your Digital Life After You

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This article was originally published in Computers in Libraries magazine in 2017. These companies might not prioritize the ability of you or your heirs to access, retrieve, or manage your content. I wrote a column here in 2014 that talked about backups; I’ll go over some of that again, since some of the information has changed.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

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Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). But what earns him the most press is the work he oversees estimating the economic impact of marquee sporting events on their host cities.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

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There has always been tension in park management over active versus passive use. Waverly Market Pete Seeger tribute singalong, Columbia Heights Plaza, Washington, DC, 2/1/2014 Sometimes plazas are poorly placed, like Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, so it often goes unused. Physical activity was at its lowest at weekends during winter.

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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. The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. Lots of deaths. It's being built relatively quickly.