Posts from August 2017
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In Petworth, students learn about street design in a “traffic garden”
Students in Petworth are learning about transportation with a “traffic garden,” a miniature city that demonstrates how our streets work. It’s part of a transportation-themed camp that Briya Public Charter School and The Bureau of Good Roads, a company that teaches people about street design, have hosted for the last three summers. Keep reading…
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The Army nixes a land swap deal with Arlington County that would expand Arlington Cemetery
Last month, Arlington County announced that the Army had decided to opt out of a planned land exchange that could have given the county a plot of land near the Pentagon, after years of negotiations. Here’s what that means for the future of the site and of development along Columbia Pike. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Kreeger Museum
Nestled among the spacious homes of Foxhall Crescent is the Kreeger Museum. This hidden gem is worth visiting for its genre-defying architecture as much as its art collection. That’s why it’s our Building of the Week. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Maintenance issues and delays continue at Metro
A new report details the ways in which Metro inspectors are struggling with maintaining the system's tracks. A driverless car was spotted in Arlington, except the car actually did have a driver…disgused as a seat. DC wants to offer residents compost pickup, but has to figure out where to deposit the waste first. Keep reading…
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Next week, join us for happy hour in Silver Spring
Next week, join us Tuesday, August 15 from 6 to 8 pm at Kaldi's Social House, located at 918 Silver Spring Avenue in downtown Silver Spring. This happy hour is also a birthday party for Just Up The Pike, a blog that Dan Reed started in 2006 as a way to celebrate eastern Montgomery County and talk about the issues facing this evolving, sort-of suburban, sort-of urban place. Keep reading…
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A judge blocked construction on Adams Morgan’s SunTrust Plaza, for now
A DC judge temporarily blocked a developer from moving forward with plans to erect a 54-unit condo building on the SunTrust Bank plaza in Adams Morgan. On Friday, DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman issued a preliminary injunction that blocks developer PN Hoffman from beginning construction on the project, located at the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road. Keep reading…
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Charter schools and why they’re so controversial, explained
DC has the fourth-highest charter school enrollment of any city in the country, with 46% of all public school students attending a charter school last school year. So why is the issue of school choice still so divisive? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Adams Morgan debates ditching cars
Community leaders in Adams Morgan debate closing 18th Street to cars. Antwan Wilson's strategic plan gets some suggestions from school board members. Environmentalists want Maryland to stop TransCanada from building a natural gas pipeline under the Potomac River. Keep reading…
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National Links: Denver’s freeway plans are a blast from the past
Denver considers widening a freeway that could harm some of its most vulnerable citizens. In Seattle, one of the loudest pro-urbanism voices comes from an unlikely place. Meanwhile, Jarrett Walker argues that we should stop designing transit around the needs of an elite few. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Keep reading…
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Is driving making you (and me) a bad person?
Is driving making you (and me) a bad person, and what can we do about it? While we can improve roadway design, we should also be more mindful of how we behave and react to transgressions on the road. Keep reading…