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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

When Google Public Sector was announced in June 2022, it was a sign of Google’s strong commitment in serving the needs of U.S. He most recently served as the 11th Commander of United States Special Operations Command, where he led the coordinated efforts of the special operations forces across all military branches.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. . Transport for London and SF MUNI also.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see: -- " To and from origin stations can be difficult: More on the Silver Line and intra-neighborhood transit (tertiary network) ," 2022 Brightline as an opportunity to improve transit in Florida cities, using the Transformational Projects Action Planning Approach. Brightline as an opportunity to improve transit in Florida State.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. Another could be the creation of a " national recreation area " which again, coordinates park resources across multiple agencies and organizations.

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Announcing the winners of the 2022 Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) Global Hackathon

AWS Public Sector Blog

On June 21, 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the 2022 Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative ( ASDI ) Global Hackathon, part of a new collaboration with the International Research Centre in Artificial Intelligence, under the auspices of UNESCO. ASDI 2022 Global Hackathon winners create scalable solutions.