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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: What it will take to get WMATA out of crisis continued and 2016's 40th anniversary of WMATA as an opportunity to rebuild

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Tuesday, April 07, 2015. What it will take to get WMATA out of crisis continued and 2016's 40th anniversary of WMATA as an opportunity to rebuild. Note the missing ceiling tiles at Gallery Place Station. Has an article (" Maryland, DC officials seek Metro management overhaul. While it's fair to say that I agree with the assessment generally about the need for management reboot, I think just as big a problem is that the members of the Authority- DC, Maryland, and Virgi...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: (More) Cycling is cool

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Friday, December 28, 2007. More) Cycling is cool. Model of the moment Agyness Deyn cycles around New York before modelling in shows at New York fashion week. Photo: Teen Vogue. In " Goodbye Lycra, hello street cred. And in the December issue of. In the View feature by Sally Singer, "Wheels on Fire." (The Vogue. Article, not online, has a nice photo of Ms. Deyn on a Velib bicycle en Paris.). Eva and her Milano Bianchi. Bicycle. See " Bike update. And " Finally, a bike!

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Comments on Proposed EYA Development at Takoma Metro Station, Washington DC

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Comments on Proposed EYA Development at Takoma Metro Station, Washington DC. Ms Debra Johnson, Secretary. 600 Fifth Street, NW. Washington, DC 20001. Re: WMATA Public Hearing #175 on Proposed EYA Development at Takoma Metro (Docket No. R06-5). Dear Ms. Johnson:. The Citizens Planning Coalition (CPC) wishes to submit written testimony on the above-referenced matter. Death and Life of Great American Cities. The proposed development at Takoma...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: The Bike Wars -- segment on HBO "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Sunday, July 26, 2015. The Bike Wars - segment on HBO "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel". The latest edition of the HBO show " Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. An extra online clip. With Megan Hochman covers more ground, including how she holds classes for law enforcement officers on cycling and the law. The story doesn't say much that's new to people involved in the issue, but it's well articulated and should resonate with people who aren't familiar with the intricacies...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Building security, the federal city, and disconnecting democracy

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Thursday, January 13, 2011. Building security, the federal city, and disconnecting democracy. After Oklahoma City, I do understand and appreciate the likely need for a security perimeter for places like the White House, and I can accept the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue there as a result. Has a brief article on the subject, Walled Off Washington: How free can a society be when its elected officials are kept further and further away from those they represent? In respo...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Area tourism development

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Friday, May 15, 2015. Working as part of a marketing committee aiming to improve the positioning and success of Washington's Eastern Market public market, I have been thinking about tourism marketing some lately, especially as National Tourism Week was held recently, during the first week of May. In the post-industrial economy, tourism is a major economic driver within local economies, especially in center cities. Saturday was World Tourism Day. A National Mall-focuse...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: More on ethics: discretionary funding-constituent funds

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Tuesday, December 06, 2011. More on ethics: discretionary funding-constituent funds. Flickr photos from the participatory budgeting process for NYC Councilman Jumaane D. Williams by Daniel LeTorre. In the DC ethics discussion, there has been a lot of criticism laid against constituent service funds, which in DC are funded by donations (" D.C. city funds for needy used more for perks. From the Washington Times. The trick is to open up the process. To focus on democ...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: What it will take to get WMATA out of crisis

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. What it will take to get WMATA out of crisis. Reprinted with a new date due to additions to the original text. At GGW, David Alpert reprinted his remarks at a forum on " What it will take to get Metro out of crisis. I wrote about this recently (and have written about it for many years) here, " WMATA and two types of public relations programs. Here are my comments in response to David's remarks, responding in part to one of the lead comments, b...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Crime time revisited

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Over the years I've written a lot about crime and policing because for many years it was (and still is) a problem. For example, a bunch of pieces mostly from 2006 were in response to crime problems in DC and Philadelphia. I am a big fan of the work by Professor Elijah Anderson ( Streetwise, Code of the Streets. Article from The Atlantic. And approaches by David Kennedy which were used in Boston to such great effect (see Crime Time #7. I mov...

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: If people believe they are only safe when carrying a gun, they shouldn't live in a city

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. Friday, August 14, 2015. If people believe they are only safe when carrying a gun, they shouldn't live in a city. Generally, I argue that no one should ever be made to feel guilty about advocating for public safety and taking reasonable precautions, asking to be walked somewhere, etc. However, I realize after reading a letter to the editor in the Washington Post. Which is reprinted in full. The Aug. 3 Metro article Struggling to feel safe in rising tide of violence.