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MARCH 15, 2023

. -- " 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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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It fell into the same trap ," Washington Post ), reminds me that some of my earliest substantive blog writings concern WMATA and the Silver Line. The centrality of the center city as the foundation of the transit network is changing. == Improvements recommended in the original Silver Line program blog entry Overarching recommendations : 1.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Like Tower Hamlets' IdeaStores (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019), it should have been placed in the commercial district. Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath.

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MAY 10, 2024

For example, in a blog entry in 2016, I suggested that such information be provided at the Council District scale and that ward-focused committees address traffic safety and sustainable mobility in concerted ways.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

Proposed routes as of 2019 While the current transit planning efforts are focused on new bus services, long before now, SEPTA should have been moving forward on extending the Broad Street subway line by 1.5 Union Station railyard with MARC commuter train in the foreground. miles from its current terminus. About 13,000 people work there.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

So a blog entry is better. Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety.

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