Posts by Abigail Zenner — Editorial Board Alum
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Your gift can help us recruit new bloggers
Imagine a Greater Greater Washington with even more diverse voices writing even more diverse stories. We want to make that happen in 2015, with blogger workshops to help new contributors publish with us. Keep reading…
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DDOT director Brown stands up to opposition to mini-circles
Permanent traffic circles will go in at two intersections in American University Park despite a last-ditch effort by some residents to block them. Transportation chief Matt Brown personally got involved to keep the project going. Keep reading…
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Mini-circles calm traffic in AU Park but stir opposition
For a year now, drivers and cyclists on 42nd Street NW encountered a traffic calming device that’s new to DC: Small traffic circles made out of plastic pylons. Permanent versions will soon replace them. But not all neighbors are pleased. Keep reading…
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A move to strengthen affordable housing runs into political obstacles
The Gray Administration has had a poor track record of building affordable housing when selling public land. Kenyan McDuffie is trying to set a higher bar, but Gray is trying to gut the bill by proposing a giant loophole that would render the bill virtually toothless. Will Muriel Bowser hold firm or let the loophole in? What’s this bill about? When DC does a deal to develop… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoulder your bike
Count those bikes!; Buses on the shoulder; Channel your bike; Bike racks for Bike Rack; Church fight goes another round; Easy as VRE; And…. Keep reading…
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What parts of the Washington region do you think are Great Places?
The American Planning Association just named Adams Morgan and Pennsylvania Avenue to its list of “Great Places in America.” If you were choosing their list, what places would you pick? They would like to know. Keep reading…
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“We built this city on: hot hipsters.” Cards Against Urbanity wants to make you laugh
Nothing adds to any nerdy party better than the card games “Apples to Apples” or “Cards Against Humanity”, but now thanks to a bunch of DC urbanists we may soon have “Cards Against Urbanity” with cards focused on all sorts of aspects of planning and urban living. Keep reading…
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DC can do more to help seniors age in place
The proportion of seniors across the country is rising. As people age, it can be hard for them to stay in their homes and neighborhoods. To be a vibrant, inclusive place, a neighborhood needs to cater to all types of people — including older adults, who make up 11 percent of the District’s population. DC is doing a lot to be a more age-friendly place, but there are still many… Keep reading…
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“Sharing” isn’t a good term for services like Uber and Lyft. Is there a better one?
Many of the services that call themselves “sharing,” like “ridesharing” (Uber, Lyft), “car sharing” (Zipcar, car2go), bikesharing (Capital Bikeshare), “home sharing” (Airbnb), and others, are not really “sharing” as we typically think of the term. Do we need up with better words to describe these new business… Keep reading…
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Bicyclists politely explain that they’re not terrorists (and neither are their small children)
A group of bicyclists rode to the Washington Post headquarters yesterday in a polite protest against Courtland Milloy’s recent column attacking bicyclists and the paper’s decision to publish it. Jay Mallin made a video of the event: Keep reading…