Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

This is unfortunate, as nonprofits are increasingly compensating for government failures, and becoming more rather than less relevant to the practice of Public Management in the process. While that perspective is not inaccurate, the reality is that the government-nonprofit partnership has become far more nuanced and complex.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Regardless of Rahm Emanuel's point about not wasting crises , my observation is that governments aren't good at decision making generally, and are particularly bad during crises. But if the federal government refused to participate, it would significantly reduce the revenues from it. The best would be a transit withholding tax.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The question of how best to fund Metro is an important one that requires thought leadership and extensive community input. It begins with “What do we want Metro to be?” In fact, I mention that as an issue a lot in terms of funding.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Boulder has recently published their 2017 Recommended Budget. For those in local government, service delivery and strategic fiscal planning doesn't get much better than this folks. And for a much deeper dive, please see the full City of Boulder 2017 Recommended Budget (with a focus on Strategies and Priorities on pages 54 - 67).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). People don't want to live in fear. cleanliness. Center cities can be pretty dirty. schools (and daycare). Not mixed commercial use. Or some housing on top of retail. just east of Yonge St.,

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

BPBI Project Update to Priorities Committee - September 16, 2014 When complete in 2015/16, these processes will simplify and strengthen business planning and budgeting at Strathcona County, providing focus and direction to all of the County’s activities. He can be reached at 780-464-8206 or by e-mailing linton.delainey@strathcona.ca.

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