Posts from August 2017
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Montgomery will launch a Ride On version of MetroExtra’s faster buses
Get ready for Ride On Extra, a Montgomery County-only version of MetroExtra launching this fall. Keep reading…
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NoMa wants your help naming its new large park
The NoMa Parks Foundation has begun the process of selecting a name for its new large park off the Metropolitan Branch Trail. Taking into account some of the controversy over naming the space directly after the neighborhood, the organization is looking to local history and landmarks for possible ideas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC and public school teachers inch closer to a new contract
DC could reach an agreement with its teachers after years of negotiations. Taxi drivers switched to electric cars but say the lack of charging stations are a major issue. The White House is being renovated, and the photos show a little-seen side. Keep reading…
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Tomorrow, join us for happy hour in Silver Spring
Join us tomorrow night from 6 to 8 pm for a special happy hour at Kaldi's Social House, located at 918 Silver Spring Avenue in downtown Silver Spring. Keep reading…
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Most Metro trains are getting slower this week
Red, Orange, Silver, and Blue Line riders might have longer commutes beginning this week. There’s a new, 35 mile per hour speed restriction in place between Medical Center and Union Station, and between Rosslyn and the Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road stations as of Sunday the 13th. Speeds may not return to normal again for a year. Keep reading…
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There’s no place for hate in our communities
Our staff and volunteers at Greater Greater Washington are, like hopefully every one of you, shaken by the hateful people who descended on Charlottesville to preach white supremacy, Nazism, anti-Semitism, and more—most of all the man who allegedly intentionally drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Charlottesville is a reminder that public spaces are vital to democracy
Charlottesville reminds us that violence and intimidation shut down public spaces. Former US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood is working on a plan to fix Metro. Georgetown Day school is revising plans for a location in Tenleytown. Keep reading…
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Urban transport in the Flickr pool
This week, our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool seemed to share a common theme: getting places. Wherever in the DC region you're headed this weekend, and however you choose to get there, don't forget to upload your snaps to the Flickr pool, for a chance to be featured! Keep reading…
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National Links: This stuff is bananas
A proposed highway in Dallas finally dies after a decade-long fight. In Los Angeles, fans of a successful bus rapid transit line wonder why it needs to become a train. And did you know how complicated it is to deliver bananas to the grocery store? Check out what's happening around the nation in transportation, land use, and other related areas. Keep reading…
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Someone bought a private street in San Francisco. That once happened in Georgetown, too.
An small, unpaid property tax bill caused residents in a wealthy San Francisco neighborhood to lose control of the street they live on. But the way cities enforce property taxes can really harm homeowners, especially those with limited incomes. Keep reading…