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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. Hamburg's transport association is the model. 15 years ago I first wrote that WMATA needed to rebuild the regional consensus about the value of transit: -- " St.

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Essential Transportation Infrastructure Improvements to be Funded Through Infrastructure Act

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Transportation infrastructure issues aren’t exclusive to Pittsburgh, however. According to the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure , following years without funding or investment, 43 percent of American roadways are in poor or mediocre condition. Infrastructure Challenges and Priorities.

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AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity

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Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the selection of the 10 participants for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on improving health equity. Kinetik , based in Long Island City, New York, provides products and API solutions to the healthcare transportation industry. The 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator program details.

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Top announcements from AWS worldwide public sector partners at re:Invent 2022

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This is why, in March 2021, we launched the AWS Think Big for Small Business (TBSB) partner program. Since March 2021, over 400 partners from 41 countries have participated in the TBSB program. Since July 2022, MyappSoftware has included Performance Dashboard in every new launched opportunity as a value-add service.

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The call of sprawl: Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team to move to the suburbs

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2021, I participated in a planning process for the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake, because I am interested in stadium and arena issues. High transportation uses were shifted to locations where transit could handle the bulk of the demand. Today, the owners, Larry H. Miller Companies, made it official.

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Camden Yards baseball stadium is 30 years old

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities ," 2021 -- " Seattle Kraken expansion hockey team sets new standard for transit benefits in transportation demand management: free transit with ticket ," 2021 -- " Revisiting "Framework of characteristics (..)

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

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Inadequacies in school transportation planning ," 2022 -- School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan -- Starkville in Motion A failed job interview with DDOT.