Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They thought it was transit, it was recreational. Bird launched in Santa Monica, a tourist-beach town, and the scooter users were recreational. -- " What the e-scooter industry hasn't figured out about Santa Monica: It's recreation not transportation ," 2018 Note, ride hailing is a similar issue.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I wrote about this in more depth in " 6Ps and cultural planning and the failure to create a network of African American historic sites across the DMV " (2016) in response to articles spurred by the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Many have had serious budget problems.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 28, 2023

Riders can choose from 11 different locations for morning pickup — such as the Highland Park park-and-ride, or the Cottonwood Hyatt Place hotel. Recreation Transit District concept. From a transportation demand management and equity perspective, you shouldn't be required to have a car to be able to recreate.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 7, 2020

It was only five years after the end of the Civil War, and it was the year that the California legislature proclaimed the inception of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This iconic park is affectionately known to San Franciscans as “Everybody’s Park,” and 150 years later, it is celebrating its sesquicentennial.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

AUGUST 7, 2017

First, Pokémon Go — a throwback hot topic from last year — but new developments on a lawsuit involving Milwaukee County and Candy Lab games has brought augmented reality games and parks back into the limelight. The maker of the game Texas Rope ‘Em says it’s a first amendment issue, but is it?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

I did have a section on biking for transportation in the 2016 post, " Back to School #3: College." Scooter parking at Bonneville Elementary School in Salt Lake City. They had a number of events, including free lock provision, a night ride, a biker's breakfast, and a training class. It's exactly what a campus should be doing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

After the acquisition of MCI by Verizon, the latter picked up the naming rights for the arena. The arena and revitalization of the East End. From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. And they're making excellent strides in their work! As part of this process, Joplin conducted a citizen survey to collect public input and validate community results. And the results are in!

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Will “Akuna” Robinson is one of Merrell’s ambassadors, and his outdoor recreation journey began in 2016 when he attempted to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail to help with PTSD from his previous military service. Akuna says that he fell hard for hiking, nature and the community that surrounds the trails.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

The answer is doubling down on the value of place in terms of the special amenities that tend to distinguish center cities from the suburbs--walkability, transit, neighborhoods, commercial districts, nightlife, museums and other cultural assets, great public spaces and parks, etc. historic architecture 2. Photo: Green Minneapolis.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical. At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The City of Boulder, Colorado is one of the fiercest proponents of priority based budgeting (PBB) in the nation. They deeply and fundamentally understand how to implement and utilize PBB, and their community has benefited tremendously from the city's continued and evolved implementation of PBB.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

But even before that I went back and forth on it. Was it merely DC trying to copy other unusual creative infrastructure endeavors (at the same time there was an attempt to create a similar bridge in London, under then Mayor Boris Johnson, " An absurd vanity project for our age – Boris Johnson’s garden bridge ," Guardian ). I'd say yes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

The article " Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena ," has an interesting section on a community meeting where people who weren't into the arena concept suggested alternatives. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs. No one spoke in favor of a Sixers arena.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

aren't selling very quickly It does get back to understanding the factors that support long term value, which I've written about in: -- " The eight components of housing value ," (2016) -- " Revisiting factors influencing housing purchase ," (2021) Decline in attractiveness of center city location with shift to work from home.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Art has shaped our perception of landscapes, parks, and other public spaces for 200+ years in the United States alone, and longer in Europe (" ‘Nature’s Nation’: How American art shaped our environmental perspectives ," Princeton University Art Museum). Gene Harris Bandshell (amphitheater), Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho.

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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). Parks, recreation centers, libraries. Usually cities have parks and libraries in the core. Not usually recreation and community centers. People don't want to live in fear.

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