Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links II: Get whisked away
Richmond to Raleigh in 2 hours; DC2beach; Another person pooh-poohs Purple; Coming to Baltimore; $2 million for tax breaks?; Comment on transit formula; APTA stance hurting transit?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Cluttered news
Metro too cluttered?; Bus driver harasses, not punished?; The doc explains; Call 911 if you get hit; Anti-cycle rampager caught; Build on parking, not garden; Real cities have theaters; Can White House Urban Affairs do something?. Keep reading…
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Streetcars will “bridge the gaps”
The Transport Politic’s Yonah Freemark created some terrific maps of DC’s proposed streetcar network showing how streetcars will fill in the gaps between Metrorail lines. Keep reading…
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Bridge will connect trail, Edgewood to RI Ave Metro
The Rhode Island Avenue Metro station sits high above Rhode Island Avenue, east of and above the railroad tracks. Riders who want to get to the Edgewood neighborhood to the northwest must follow a very circuitous route. They must descend on a long, sloping, and ugly pedestrian ramp across the avenue, then curve in a sort of pedestrian cloverleaf around to the sidewalk. They must… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Events and freeways
Mr. Metro Map; Soccer will be in the circle; Freeway pushers pressuring Arlington; Costs, questions for Beltway HOT lanes; Americans support restrictions for safer driving; Freeway danger I; Freeway danger II; Route 1’s bike lake. Keep reading…
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What should DC do with Walter Reed?
The District government has received many proposals from government agencies and non-profits for redeveloping 62.5 acres of the 113-acre Walter Reed campus in northern DC. In 2005, the Pentagon decided to relocate the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Last year, the State Department selected 18 acres on the west… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thumbs up
Bike bits; Metro morsels; More pipes breaking in the future?; Gated alleys?; SeePostFix; And…; Thanks, Mike!; Bike and charge. Keep reading…
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No overhead wires on the Mall?
One argument against overhead wires is that they will ruin the views of Washington and mar wire-free places like the Mall and grand avenues. But an eagle-eyed reader sent along this surprising picture: A wire blocks the view of the Washington Monument! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: George and his town
Will it be George?; Georgetown endorses streetcars, mostly; “Complete Streets, incomplete BRAC”; Gray better with Twitter, except on policy; On the rails; Federally; Narrow streets yourself. Keep reading…
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Pay By Phone: Heaven in the hell of DC parking
I just had a great parking experience in downtown DC. Yes, re-read that sentence — it’s legit. So is the Pay By Phone parking system. No more scouring the house and the car for parking meter change. No more jamming in a handful of coins when late for a meeting. And no more setting phone alarms to remind me when my time is up. Keep reading…