Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Setting a date
Capital Bikeshare to start September 20th; Is DC pedestrian unfriendly?; DC’s neglected Civil War history; Free WiFi on the Mall; Stadiums die, debt lives on; Linking cabs and passengers; Obama infrastructure proposal, political reality at odds; Fear vs. Reality. Keep reading…
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How can DC’s third busiest bus line improve?
To determine how best to spend service improvement funds, WMATA and DDOT are jointly studying the performance of every Metrobus line in the District, beginning with the four most-patronized “priority corridors.” Among these is the 90s bus line. Officially called the “U Street-Garfield Line,” the 90s route is one of the District’s major transit… Keep reading…
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Robinson’s wedge politics destructive for DC
While Vince Gray is running under a mantra of “one city” and claims to want to bring all residents together, Kelvin Robinson is working hard to drive them apart. His campaign strategy revolves around inflaming divisions within Ward 6, a shameful strategy that doesn’t belong in DC. As Mike DeBonis first reported, Robinson is challenging Tommy Wells’… Keep reading…
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Which mayoral candidate is more like George Bush?
An emerging line of criticism against Vincent Gray is that people are supporting him for the same reason many supported George W. Bush: He seems like a guy you’d want to have a beer with, and that is trumping more rational and sober policy considerations. Is it? After all, according to the Washington Post’s poll, most Washingtonians approve of the direction the District… Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: Thompson’s Dairy
Though one wouldn’t know it by looking at Washington today, industry was once an integral part of the city’s economy. The Thompson Dairy is one example of Washington’s industrial past. The dairy was founded in 1881 by John Thompson who had a dairy farm near Washington. Prior to 1881, Thompson would bring his milk to the city each day and find a distributor. Keep reading…
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An environmentalist says Gray is greener
The author is Conservation Chair of the DC Sierra Club and a member of the Board of Directors of the national Sierra Club. From an environmental standpoint, the decision between Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray is not difficult. Fenty has repeatedly disappointed with his budget, personnel, and regulatory decisions, while Gray has been the greenest Chairman ever. Four years… Keep reading…
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Why is the Circulator now one way on K Street?
Communications problems aside, a number of residents aren’t sure they’re so happy about DDOT rerouting the Georgetown-Union station route to run west on lower K Street while keeping the eastbound route on M Street. First and foremost, why run on K Street at all? Aaron Overman, Deputy Director for Progressive Transportation Services, confirmed that DDOT… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the road again
Get ready for Traffic Tuesday; Fairfax connector to finally connect; Circulator stops to get barcodes; DC drivers worst in US; Adams Morgan restaurants protest market; Arlington may take over Columbia Pike; No more arcades; ART to increase connectivity. Keep reading…
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DDOT will extend successful 15th Street cycle track
On Friday, DDOT released an assessment of the existing cycle track on 15th Street NW and designs for an extension from E to W Streets. Currently, a protected, one-way southbound bike lane runs along 15th Street from Massachusetts Avenue to U Street. The street has sharrows in the right-hand general traffic lane for northbound cyclists. Over four weeks in late September and… Keep reading…