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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). The Kerslake Report: An Independent Review into the Preparedness For, and Emergency Response to, the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " All the talk of e-government, digital government, and open source government is really about employing the design method ," 2012 -- " Creating the right program vs. the hype of big data ," 2013 -- " Does the focus on big data mean we miss the opportunity for better use of "little data" ," 2015 -- " For a lot of "urban problems" the issue isn't (..)

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The director then, Mark R. Aesch, later wrote a book about his experience there, Driving Excellence: Transform Your Organization's Culture -- And Achieve Revolutionary Results.

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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

And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework "). It took me until 2017 to write an entry specifically mentioning the German VV as the way forward for the DC area, the organization I suggested could be called the DMVTA. It's about speed versus access.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Business improvement districts provide an additional layer of reporting, both from reports by public safety staff and community ambassadors and the means for public reporting. Times Square in 2017. Like most places, New York City has city-provided reporting mechanisms, 911 and 311. A much emptier Times Square.