Posts from December 2019
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National links: Northeastern states and DC have a plan to reduce tailpipe pollution
A coalition of northeastern states and the District released a plan to reduce transportation emissions. Miami-Dade County paid $3 billion for more rail and got three miles. Disney’s master-planned dream town Celebration has turned into a nightmare. Keep reading…
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Tysons is finding creative ways to carve out space for parks
How do you build more parks and public spaces in an area that’s constrained on size? Tysons, which only about four square miles total, has a goal of expanding its parkland to meet the demand of a growing population and workforce by 2050. To do that, it’s getting creative. Keep reading…
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Virginia’s big buy-in on rail could transform regional mobility
“We cannot pave our way out of congestion.” With that declaration, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a historic 3.7 billion dollar rail deal with CSX on Thursday that will allow the Commonwealth to drastically expand Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) service over the next decade. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What were this year’s highs and lows of road safety in the region?
WAMU looks back at some of the highs and lows of transit in the region. Virginia bill takes aim at single family housing. Virginia will build a bridge across the Potomac. Keep reading…
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Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 154
On Tuesday, we featured the 154th challenge to see how well you know the Metro system. Here are the answers. How’d you do? This week, we got 29 guesses. Seven of you got all five. Great work Kevin M, Alex B, Peter K, Robb, kwasi, ArlFfx, and Isaac Alvarez! Keep reading…
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We need more public restrooms in DC. But how do we make them usable for all?
DC is inching towards increasing its number of public restrooms with the passage of a 2018 law that would add two new facilities and incentivize business owners to open their bathrooms to the public. However, many public restroom designs aren’t accessible to many of their potential users. Keep reading…
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Going, going, car2go will be gone from the region in 2020
Share Now, the company that was formerly car2go, announced Wednesday that it will be pulling its car-sharing service out of the North American market, effective February 29, 2020. We have been writing about the service since 2011, and many of our readers say it helped them live car-free. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rent hikes in the region are among the country’s highest
Residents in the Washington region continue to pay some of the highest rents in the country. Montgomery County deals with overcrowded school buses. Arlington County hopes to add more eldercare facilities. Keep reading…
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Tysons is building housing that’s affordable to more workers
Rising rent, limited supply, flat incomes, and other factors have contributed to the affordable housing shortage across the Washington region. Tysons, Virginia—with its towering office buildings and a median household income of $101,587—is probably not first place you think of to find affordable housing, but it is making an effort to provide more options. Keep reading…
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We’re looking for volunteers with great social skills!
Have you ever wondered how many of your neighbors live car-free, or which ones might be convinced to come out in support of a new apartment building? Maybe you’d like the have a bikeshare station near your house but aren’t sure how to demonstrate popular support for the project? Or maybe you want to engage people all over the region with urbanist happenings? Keep reading…