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6. Blueprint for a Better Region: Washington, DC

verfasst von : Stewart Schwartz

Erschienen in: Suburban Remix

Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Abstract

The Washington, DC, region, home to the US capital and divided among two states and the District of Columbia, is a challenging multijurisdictional environment. Perhaps that’s why the region never managed to embark on a grand public dialogue on the order of the well-known Envision Utah in Salt Lake City; Portland, Oregon’s Metro 2040; or Sacramento’s Blueprint.

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1
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2
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3
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Transportation and Land Use Connections Program, accessed April 24, 2017, https://​www.​mwcog.​org/​transportation/​planning-areas/​land-use-coordination/​tlc-program/​.
 
4
Christopher B. Leinberger and Michael Rodriguez, Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros, 2016, 16, June 14, 2016, accessed April 24, 2017, http://​business.​gwu.​edu/​wp-content/​uploads/​2016/​06/​CREUA_​Foot-Traffic-Ahead_​2016.​06.​14.​pdf.
 
5
Jonathan O’Connell, “Pair of Suburban Office Buildings Drop $126M in Value Since 2007,” Washington Post, March 27, 2015, accessed April 24, 2017, https://​www.​washingtonpost.​com/​news/​digger/​wp/​2015/​03/​27/​pair-of-suburban-office-buildings-drop-126m-in-value-since-2007/​; and “Why and at What Stations Metro Expects Ridership to Grow,” Washington Post, April 27, 2015, accessed April 24, 2017, https://​www.​washingtonpost.​com/​news/​digger/​wp/​2015/​04/​27/​why-and-at-what-stations-metro-expects-ridership-to-grow/​.
 
6
In his research on walkable urban places, Christopher B. Leinberger of George Washington University and his research team confirmed that 48% of new rental apartment spaces in the DC region were in walkable urban places, up from 19% in the early 2000s and 12% in the 1990s, “DC: The WalkUP Wake-Up Call: The Nation’s Capital as a Model for Walkable Urban Places,” February 22, 2016, accessed April 25, 2017, http://​business.​gwu.​edu/​wp-content/​uploads/​2016/​02/​CREUA_​DC-Walkupd.​pdf.
 
7
Arlington County, “Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor,” accessed April 24, 2017, https://​projects.​arlingtonva.​us/​planning/​smart-growth/​rosslyn-ballston-corridor/​.
 
8
Arlington County, “30 Years of Smart Growth: Arlington County’s Experience with Trans-it-Oriented Development in the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor,” July 2008, slide 60-61, accessed April 24, 2017, http://​www.​fairfaxcounty.​gov/​dpz/​projects/​reston/​arlingtonpresent​ation.​pdf
 
9
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10
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11
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12
“Mayor Bowser Supports Historic Investments in Affordable Housing,” October 7, 2017, accessed April 24, 2017, https://​dhcd.​dc.​gov/​release/​mayor-bowser-celebrates-historic-investments-affordable-housing.
 
13
Washington Business Journal, “Power 100,” slide 11, October 19, 2015, accessed April 24, 2017, http://​www.​bizjournals.​com/​washington/​feature/​power/​2015/​, Innovators list.
 
Metadaten
Titel
Blueprint for a Better Region: Washington, DC
verfasst von
Stewart Schwartz
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Verlag
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-864-0_7