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"Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing

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s zoning commission approved the development plans in 2017, but soon after, a group of neighbors filed a zoning appeal to contest the approval. The mixed-income development will sit at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying area of D.C. that has seen average household income nearly double over the last 25 years.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

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Also see for discussion of robust trail planning: -- " Comments on the Central Avenue Connector Trail concept (Prince George's County, Maryland ," 2015 And a framework for sustainable mobility planning: -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," 2018. .

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Revisiting the need for comprehensive transportation planning at the metropolitan and regional scales | For profit services, and White's Ferry, Montgomery and Loudoun Counties

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. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ," 2017 -- " Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," International Journal of Sustainable Transportation , 2018 When I first (..)

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

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14 A separate calculation by the Urban Institute, an MH supporter, from 2018 claims manufactured homes are 35 to 47 percent cheaper per square foot than site-built homes. Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental. percent per year.

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

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Advocacy groups like Feet First of Seattle and Starkville in Motion (Mississippi) have utilized walk to school initiatives as a way to drive pedestrian improvements more broadly across their respective Safety is a key element.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

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This would be, in essence, an unwinding of the ERCF and a return to approximately the CCF that was officially in place from 2017 to 2019 for setting the average G-fee. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees? But is this argument valid?

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 23rd

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They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. Although states and localities can step in with interim funding to keep them open. They were closed during a 2013 shutdown. Security planning for trails.