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Defining deviance down: Disorder and cities in 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council to decriminalize fare evasion in 2018. Of that 2021 total, none took place in the District. The solutions aren’t easy for Metro or its transit police department, which has been accused of disproportionate enforcement against Black residents, leading the D.C.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For more than a decade I suggested that DC create a Transportation Commission, comparable to the Zoning Commission, to provide greater opportunities for oversight and involvement, both for elected and appointed officials, and citizen members. Since I got involved in urban revitalization I've argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1.

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, or trottinettes, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. Getty Images, 2021. They almost had the appearance of a city-wide art installation – a pathos invoked by what looked like giant toys discarded here and there.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

so it's a lucrative market for transportation services, especially if they are convenient and cost effective. RTC also runs a bikeshare program, manages certain intelligent transportation systems functions, and a number of game day sports related express bus services. The first element is an integrated public transportation system.

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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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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped. Proposed Gatineau light rail loop to Ottawa to serve museums and the Byward Public Market is another model for intra-district transportation.

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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. And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework ").