Posts by Matt Johnson — Editorial Board Alum
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Greater Greater Week in Review: March 6-12, 2011
If you can’t read Greater Greater Washington every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Kennedy Center guard bullies patron for parking a bike: Last week, a guard at the Kennedy Center threatened to steal my bike if I dared to park it on the sidewalk. Metro aiming to start “Yellow… Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: February 21-26, 2011
If you can’t read GGW every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Taxes lowest for DC residents and car-free Virginians: Tax debates often involve arguments about how taxes compare in DC, Maryland, or Virginia. A new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute found DC’s to be the… Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: February 13-20, 2011
If you can’t read GGW every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: GGW discusses: Displacement and NPR in Anacostia: An NPR Morning Edition story yesterday, entitled “DC, long ‘Chocolate City,’ becoming more vanilla,” discussed demographic shifts increasing… Keep reading…
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Old and new in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: Buses and bike racks
Clarence Eckerson and the team over at Streetfilms have put together a great video about buses and bike racks. The film even includes an interview with WMATA’s own Nat Bottigheimer, Assistant General Manager for Planning and Joint Development. Keep reading…
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Track work will disrupt Metro rides this weekend
This weekend, Metro will be closing another section of the Blue/Orange subway downtown. The Red Line will also lose service on the ends, and all lines will close early at night. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: February 6-12, 2011
If you can’t read GGW every day, you can still catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Is there a tea party urbanism?: Many conservatives, especially tea party conservatives, strongly believe in removing powers and taxes from the federal government and transferring power to states and localities. At the moment, this view… Keep reading…
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Weekend video: “In the Netherlands, cyclists matter”
In a small Dutch city, a careless driver hit and mildly injured a group of cyclists. Responding to press coverage, residents sent in many angry letters, though with very different reactions from what we’re used to seeing in the United States. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: It’s a wonderful city
It’s easy to take for granted the importance of the planning process. But planning plays an important role in building the communities that make this region great. The planning department of Beverly Hills, California created this innovative video to explain why land use regulation is an important aspect of our cities. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2011
If you can’t read GGW every day, you’re still able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Why is Capital Bikeshare usage low east of the river?: A map of Capital Bikeshare usage patterns makes it obvious that stations east of the Anacostia River get relatively little usage. However, the map does not tell us why ridership… Keep reading…