Posts from July 2012
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Brooks pushes energy efficiency for DC
Former DC Council candidate Sam Brooks has been hired to lead a new sustainability and energy division in the DC government. He sat down for an interview about how the District can be a world leader in sustainability and energy conservation. Since his 2006 DC Council bid, Brooks has been busy making a name for himself in energy efficiency contracting and green workforce development. Keep reading…
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Do Bus Rapid Transit right, and it won’t get killed
The growth in popularity of bus rapid transit (BRT) in the US is providing American cities with an important public transit option that has already been shown to reduce congestion and improve quality of life for urban residents around the world. As new BRT systems are planned, however, it is increasingly important that they meet the emerging industry-standard definition of what… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling in
Arlington chooses streetcars; Too white to be mayor?; Housing Authority looks for breach; Georgetown University comes downtown; Groupon kills business?; New York City opens remedial bike classes; And…. Keep reading…
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Is Washington falling behind on medical education and care?
Is the quality of medical education in Washington worse than in other metropolitan areas? Looking at the rankings of our medical schools compared to other regions, it seems that we’re behind. According to a number of people in the medical profession, the general consensus in the field is that DC has fewer very experienced doctors in many specialties. Primary care physicians… Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: How do you prevent helmet hair?
Do you have long hair and bicycle, especially to work? Do you have any tricks for keeping your hair looking good while wearing a helmet? Reader Jon asks: Keep reading…
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What could DC do to encourage diversity in schools?
This is part 4 of a series on education in DC. See part 1, part 2, and part 3. If diversity is a worthwhile goal for DC schools, but the numbers are moving in the opposite direction, what could DC do? We’ve talked about how some DC public schools are becoming so desirable that they’re attracting in-boundary, wealthy families and pushing out the kids from elsewhere… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feel the heat
Hot cars; More bad news for Gray; Your name here; Cemetery or stables?; Conflict management; Not yet on board; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Jail time
Driver gets prison term; Copenhagen’s bikes ride “superhighway”; Improve the whole NEC at once?; Unemployment falls in DC; Charter Washington Latin to take abandoned school; And…. Keep reading…
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Treetops and rooftops in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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You can make your bike harder to steal, easier to recover
One night in 2008, I left a friend’s apartment to head home and discovered that my bike was gone. Someone had sawed through four inches of wood directly in front of a Mount Pleasant apartment building with a guard on duty. About a week ago, thanks to some precautions I had taken, I got that bike back (well, aside from the missing front wheel). Bike theft is unfortunately common. Keep reading…