Posts about District of Columbia
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New live map shows Circulator real-time information
If you ride the Circulator, a new map tool for the web and smartphones by Jim Blakeslee from Geocentric can help you track buses and get arrival predictions. Keep reading…
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GU takes student ghetto approach to housing undergrads
On December 30th, Georgetown University filed its 10 Year Campus Plan with the DC Zoning Commission. While the Plan has led to frayed relations between the university and the Georgetown neighborhood, the central dispute concerns what is not in the plan: an increase in on-campus undergraduate housing. Why should Georgetown University be expected to build additional… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Concealed intentions
Bag inspections not really optional; TX Rep wants to carry concealed weapon in DC; Streetcar substation problems on H Street; Gen Yers don’t want McMansions; LaHood defends HSR; See a film about Columbia, Maryland; Driver who killed cyclist gets 8 years; What to do with school boards?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Should I stay or should I go?
Might Sarles stay?; Solar Decathlon off the Mall; Remembering transit’s role in the Civil Rights movement; Belward Farm Science City slowly takes shape; No criminal charges for killing cyclist; Man killed in Farragut North metro; VA transportation funding plan draws criticism; Poor travelers can’t pay for China’s HSR; And…. Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: Church of the Covenant
Churches are one of the biggest challenges for historic preservation. They are such unique structures and so poorly suited to be anything but what they are. What happens when a congregation outgrows its building and wants to move on? In some cases, old churches downtown have been preserved because they were taken over by other religious groups. Several downtown landmarks have… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping up appearances
Were fancy new libraries worth it?; Fake meters go in Shirlington; Councilmember Gabe Klein?; No Ellwood Thompson at DC USA; LaHood listens to ped/bike advocates; Potomac Mills cuts commuter parking; State avenues make up a nation; DC streetcars on the web; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cycling in the law and the press
Bike bills introduced in Richmond; Bike baiting is really frio; Alternatives to extending Metro; East Falls Church planning enters final stages; DC makes inroads against chronic homelessness; Foggy Bottom station closed over MLK weekend; Nominate “most endangered” historic properties; Streetcars: a renaissance or transportation nostalgia?; Google Transit adds new features; And…. Keep reading…
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Klingle Valley to get 10-foot trail, lights, trail connection
The Klingle Valley Trail Final Environmental Assessment is now available, and with one exception the most trail user-friendly and stream-friendly options were chosen as the best alternatives. The preferred alternatives include the fully restored stream bank and lights along the trail, which should aid bike commuters. The hours of illumination would even be limited and… Keep reading…
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Prosecuting negligent driving is tough; time for new laws?
Advocates in Maryland are pushing for a new kind of mid-level criminal charge for negligently killing people with motor vehicles. DC should consider comparable measures after a some failed prosecutions of drivers demonstrate how hard it is to charge drivers who act dangerously. If you have stories about problems with enforcement to protect people walking and biking, sign… Keep reading…
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Congo wants circular driveway at 16th and Riggs
The Republic of the Congo has purchased the historic Toutorsky Mansion at 16th and Riggs, NW, and is requesting permission to replace much of the front yard with a circular driveway. The embassy can function in the space without the driveway, and DC should deny that element. The 18-room house, built in 1894 for for Supreme Court Justice Henry Billings Brown, writer of the famous… Keep reading…