Posts about District of Columbia
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Vote Bryan Weaver for DC Council at-large
The Greater Greater Washington contributors took an internal poll and found that we had a clear consensus in favor of Bryan Weaver. Therefore, we are endorsing Weaver for at-large councilmember in Tuesday’s election. Here is Jamie’s take on the reasons to support him. Next Tuesday, April 26th, voters in the District of Columbia will vote to fill the at-large council… Keep reading…
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Redistricting Game results, part 4: The most popular changes
So far, we’ve looked at fun maps, what residents of each area want, and how much to change the wards. Now it’s time to look at the real meat of the issue: which areas could switch wards. We can generate some maps that average out all of the recommendations and let us view them graphically. Here is a map for all respondents, one for just residents, and one for residents of each ward showing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
Streetcar almost done; Affordable housing takes hit; Pentagon fudged on BRAC numbers; Bike thefts growing problem; Mixed neighborhoods are prefered; From one election to another; Drivers apparently oblivious; CaBi data dump; And…. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: GGW happy hour, CSG awards, and more
Mark your calendars for some upcoming events, including a Greater Greater Washington happy hour. Greater greater happy hour: Next Wednesday, April 27, we’re having a happy hour 6pm at Tynan in NoMa. Tynan is located at 1275 1st Street NE, near the New York Avenue Metro station. They’ve graciously offered us $2 off beer and wine. Be sure to come out and meet contributors,… Keep reading…
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Will the real education candidate please stand up?
Several weeks ago, we asked the major candidates for the April 26th at-large DC Council special election to answer a set of eight questions about a councilmember’s role in specific education policy issues. We received answers from four of the candidates: Alan Page, Vincent Orange, Bryan Weaver, and Sekou Biddle. We reviewed the responses to see how well the candidates… Keep reading…
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Where should 25 new Capital Bikeshare stations go?
Right on the heels of Capital Bikeshare’s hugely successful Living Social promotion, DDOT is expanding the numbers of stations, with new stations at the Wilson Building and 5 downtown Metro stations, and plans for 25 more stations throughout DC. Today, a new Capital Bikeshare station is opening up at the Wilson Building. It’s on the back side, near 14th and D Streets,… Keep reading…
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Redistricting Game results, part 3: How much change?
One of the biggest questions before the Council is how much to make the wards even versus minimizing the amount of change. They could make minimal changes, just taking about 1,200 people out of ward 2 and adding less than 1,000 to wards 7 and 8 to get all to acceptable sizes of plus or minus 5% from the average of 75,215. Or they could bring all wards within about 2% of the average, which… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The road to disappointment
Loudoun wary of Outer Beltway; South Capitol plans disappoint; Md secures last ICC section; Pay-by-phone parking goes citywide; VA stuck with MWAA decisions; Good news for CaBi; Tysons could get colleges; Americans’ preferences are inconsistent; Google Maps wants your input; And…. Keep reading…
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Redistricting Game results, part 2: Where people want to live
How can we derive useful information from 3,981 maps that could help the DC Council make choices? We could simply give everyone a vote and see which areas get changed in the most maps, but that wouldn’t be very fair. Many people just switched areas that looked best on a map. Some folks definitely do know the area, though: people who live in that particular area. What did… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Things on the rise
Dulles station debate heats up; Carol Schwartz is fed up; Georgetown waterfront flooded; MoCo council members fighting Costco; DDOT to plan more streetcars; Cap Crescent and Purple Line are friends; Nats, DC fight over late service; Amtrak puts railfans to work; And…. Keep reading…