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Vision Zero initiatives on the decline: Cache County Utah shows another way

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

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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. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). Hamburg's transport association is the model.

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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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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. Cool train branding designs though for Tri-Rail. I have five foundational pieces on organizing transit at the regional and multi-state scales.

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Boston Orange Line closure and responses including promoting biking

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The cyclists’ union has been in conversation daily with City Hall and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation about the closure, said Eliza Parad, the group’s director of organizing. He was injured in a bicycle crash in April 2021 in the Boston area and only started biking again after a stint in the cycle-friendly Netherlands.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

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Inadequacies in school transportation planning ," 2022 -- School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan -- Starkville in Motion A failed job interview with DDOT.

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The state of the residential real estate market

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Suzanne was in Portland last week, and one of the places she stayed had a copy of Portland Monthly from last year, with an article about on " Portland Neighborhoods by the Numbers 2021: Nearly every part of town saw an increase in the median sales price last year." Housing Market Needs 5.5

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

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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). are topics I've blogged about over the years.