Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Action Committee for Transit Meeting Tuesday 13 October

(Bombardier Flexity light rail, Cologne. I would have used the Minneapolis light rail image, but this graphic scheme is better...)

Please join ACT on Tuesday October 13th at 7:30pm for our monthly meeting. Brian Murphy of Bombardier Transportation will speak on LRT systems in North America.

The meeting is at Silver Spring Center, 8818 Georgia Ave which is a ten minute walk north from the Silver Spring Metro. Metrobus "Q" and "Y" routes stop in front of the Center. Ride On #5 stops two blocks west of the Center.

Other news
ACT member Wes Vernon reviews the new book "MOVING MINDS (Conservatives and Public Transportation)" in the Washington Times.

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Good news on I-270 - Maryland's new Secretary of Transportation puts the proposal to widen I-270 at the bottom of the state's transportation priorities.

- ACT's transit vision for the I-270 corridor.


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