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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. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020). inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). It's about speed versus access.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses."

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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

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

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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

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St. economy " Broadway News )./

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Brightline West should also be used to transform public transit service in Las Vegas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Obviously, because we don't have multi-state railroad planning in a coordinated fashion (" Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound "), it's not like such questions are being asked. Ideally, Salt Lake to Las Vegas train service could be routed to the Brightline station on the Strip.