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An H Street bus lane would help both transit & cars
Every day 33 bus routes converge on H and I Streets in downtown DC, making it the busiest bus corridor in the DC region. According to a WMATA report, a contraflow bus lane on H Street would dramatically improve travel times for both transit riders and car drivers. At peak times, one bus per minute travels along H or I. At off-peak, it’s a bus every two minutes. Today, all those… Keep reading…
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See Georgetown’s historic movie theatres
Like many DC neighborhoods, Georgetown historically had several movie theatres. While none of them are still in operation today, almost all of the buildings that once held movie theatres are largely intact. Keep reading…
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Options PCS cheated special ed students of services
Options Public Charter School routinely denied students with disabilities textbooks and placed them in overcrowded classrooms, according to current and former teachers at the school. The mounting allegations raise questions about the lack of special education oversight in DC. DC’s Attorney General has alleged that former managers of the school diverted… Keep reading…
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Zoning Commission grills AAA on parking minimums
We don’t know yet if the DC Zoning Commission will go along with proposals to reduce parking minimum requirements, but some commissioners certainly seemed skeptical about a few arguments to keep the old rules from AAA Mid-Atlantic. Many residents testified on the proposal at a hearing on Tuesday. So many people had signed up that there’s an overflow hearing this… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ready to rumble
Taxi Commission meeting gets rowdy; A chicken fight; Drivers misuse Dulles Access Highway; Shutdown hurt low-wage workers most; Do subsidies steer supermarkets?; Saving one abandoned building at a time; More Red Line delays frustrate riders; Walmart plans for Oxon Hill; And…. Keep reading…
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First streetcar wires go up on H Street
As of this morning, the first streetcar wires are up on H Street. Keep reading…
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City Year aims to cut dropout rate
City Year, a program that deploys young adults to work in high-poverty DCPS schools, helps keep attendance up and boosts learning. But it’s not clear yet that it’s achieving its goal of preventing dropouts. A national organization that has been around for 25 years, City Year’s overall aim is to reduce the number of students who drop out of high school, a figure… Keep reading…
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New murals sprout across DC
DC is awash in murals. Four new murals recently went up as part of an arts festival sponsored by Heineken. Ward 7 residents banded together to give a beloved restaurant a mural. And a filmmaker’s making a documentary about what murals mean to DC’s culture. Located on Pennsylvania Avenue SE just east of the Anacostia River, Thai Orchid is the sole sit-down restaurant… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit visions on the horizon
Another step closer to DC’s streetcar launch; GOOD profiles on bikeshare leaders; Housing and transportation costs combined; Busboys for mayor?; Empty lots to farms; Mapping to help the Philippines; Hong Kong cheaper than DC?. Keep reading…
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Parking requirements aren’t one-size-fits-all
Hearings on DC’s zoning update continue this week with sessions today and Thursday on parking minimums. I’m testifying about the need to reduce or eliminate parking requirements downtown and in transit-accessible areas. Keep reading…