Posts about District of Columbia
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Where could DC make space for pedestrians?
Since the pedestrianization of Broadway, the Times Square Alliance has found that foot traffic in Times Square is up 15%. The BBC has a great video about counting foot traffic in New York’s busiest pedestrian space: What places in our area would be nicer as pedestrian spaces, either part or full time? Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Adding bike laws and infrastructure
New bike laws in Maryland; Georgetown CaBi stations; Floating around; More superhighways; Hard to hail a cab; Getting schooled in Washington; One less Michael Brown. Keep reading…
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Could Southwest become DC’s second downtown?
The Southwest Waterfront master plan, released yesterday, adds to an impressive collection of plans and development that could collectively transform the way we think about the area south of the National Mall. One day, not too many decades from now, Southwest (and Near Southeast) could become a second downtown for DC, as large as the existing downtown area. Consider… Keep reading…
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How do parents pick schools?
For parents in our region, the hardest quality-of-life, “why am I here?” question is not related to transportation or even crime or retail amenities, but education. Is this a good place to raise our kids and send them to school? In DC in particular, this is the existential question that residents who are starting families have been asking themselves over and over… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growing pains for area transportation
Metro needs some Clearasil; And more from Metro; Capital Bikeshare falls short?; Arlington wants its money; Trying car-free in Tysons; Do the sprawl crawl; Eats on the street; Looking down on the suburbs. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: DC gets no respect
Chaffetz wants to rule your life; Rosslyn’s tallest building, you mean; A greener, more walkable 14th Street; Bye bye bottles (on campuses); Before there were bike lanes; 1 year and counting on transpo bill; Avoid biased language. Keep reading…
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Bloomingdale creates its own urban oasis
A lot has been said here and elsewhere about the difficulties created for the District and its residents by federal ownership of public spaces. But let’s not forget how much ordinary citizens can do, and have done, to improve the common areas around them. It starts in one’s own neighborhood and requires being aware of one’s surroundings, envisioning how they… Keep reading…
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Lincoln Park CaBi station canceled after complaints
Neighborhood opposition has scotched a proposed Capital Bikeshare site near Lincoln Park, disappointing residents eagerly awaiting a station. I was excited about Capital Bikeshare’s (“CaBi”) much-heralded September 20, 2010 launch in the District. As a Capitol Hill resident who walks 15 minutes to a Metro stop, I was eager for the arrival of a… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Get on it, developers!
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