Posts by Erik Weber — Guest Contributor
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Breakfast links: More security
Naval Observatory getting more security; CaBi’s the latest example; Foreclosures down, short sales up; More credit card meters; Putting Twitter to good use; Southwest gets closer to National; Windshield perspective for couch potatoes; Masdar on the rise; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fewer trains, more cars
Longer trains on Red Line; Women’s History Museum moves forward; Scrambling in Northern Virginia; More bike lanes, not in Chevy Chase; Convention Center hotel in Shaw; Clean the Anacostia; Hooking up on P Street; Taking on Buy America. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Change in Maryland
New Bethesda entrance; WABA offers bike valet for dueling rallies; Maryland cycling laws changing October 1; Energy for kayaking; Please forgive my distraction; Freight rail concerns stall High Speed Rail; Parking ticket and a little yoga; Sleeping in a bubble; Scaffolding beautification. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wide shoulders
I-66 shoulders could become lanes; Connecticut Ave bad for pedestrians; GSA getting creative; From ballpark to snowball park; Planning for homeless in winter; VRE will leave you behind; DC behind in energy efficiency; Is IZ too complicated?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Is the Park Service serving us?
They control the parks, but won’t tell you which; Rosslyn boathouse may happen; The savage Mall; Please help pedestrians at RI Ave; Will Mayor Gray kill Smart Growth?; Wireless streetcars from Japan; Pentagon Metro won’t be so bad; Using trees to slow traffic. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go free
Car Free Day is today; Metro ridership up; San Francisco transit chief to WMATA?; Thinking outside the big box; Bag tax seems successful; Parking karma; O’Malley unveils light rail spending; Rent control, landlords a challenge. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fewer taxes, longer names
Union Station tax break back?; More Metro station name creep; Maryland marks lowest turnout ever; Arlington County struggles with parking garage; Debating HOT Lanes; What to do with little parks; Prefab rowhouses don’t cut it; Cracking through pavement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skating into the weekend
Cities on the radio; Imagine the Mall; Really, we’re one city; Inside a liquor license protest; SEPTA gives back; SmarTrip changes to be delayed; Protesting homeowners’ association rules; DC tour guide licensing. Keep reading…
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Even bike owners will benefit from joining Capital Bikeshare
Next Monday, I will take to the roads on DC on a brand new bike that is not mine. Despite owning my own bike, I decided to invest in a Capital Bikeshare membership. Other DC bike owners should, too. The new Capital Bikeshare program kicks off next week and will offer 1,000 bikes at over 100 stations spread across the District and Arlington’s Crystal City neighborhood. … Keep reading…