Recent Posts
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Weekend links: Whither the suburbs?
Suburbs dying?; City vs. suburb is outdated; What to do about Route 1?; SF performance parking launches, works; Instant Then and Nows; Activists want both TDM and parking for Walmart; Promoting bikes across race; Roof garden for the city. Keep reading…
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Enjoying spring by 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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Montgomery councilmembers: Get moving on bus priority
Four members of the Montgomery County Council asked county officials to stop dragging their feet on bus priority, and implement or at least evaluate some fixes as soon as possible. In a recent letter, they praise the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT)‘s work on Ride On, but criticize its unwillingness to pursue bus priority in the short term. They… Keep reading…
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Redistricting Game results, part 5: The best options
How should the DC Council redraw DC’s wards? Based on the results of the Redistricting Game, one of these two ways: In past parts, we discussed fun maps, what residents of each area want, how much to change the wards, and what changes appeared on the most maps. We determined that by and large respondents prefer making more minor changes, modifying few areas even if it means the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Location, location, location
Find some ped safety projects, quick; The cupcake shop doesn’t own the sidewalk; Sustainable federal sites a little pricier; Incentives to move CaBis where needed?; Wisconsin Giant about to start; Got $648 million? Want a building?; Orange lied about gay marriage opposition?; Bus driver charged in crash; And…. Keep reading…
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Streetcar delayed to late 2012; funding still secured
The new streetcar line on H Street and Benning Road will start running in late 2012. Despite this delay from the originally planned Spring 2012 launch date, the funding for the entire line is still secure. In fact, Scott Kubly, who directs DDOT’s streetcar project, applauded the mayor’s proposed 2012 budget, which adds an additional $99.3 million… Keep reading…
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Vote Bryan Weaver for DC Council at-large
The Greater Greater Washington contributors took an internal poll and found that we had a clear consensus in favor of Bryan Weaver. Therefore, we are endorsing Weaver for at-large councilmember in Tuesday’s election. Here is Jamie’s take on the reasons to support him. Next Tuesday, April 26th, voters in the District of Columbia will vote to fill the at-large council… Keep reading…
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Redistricting Game results, part 4: The most popular changes
So far, we’ve looked at fun maps, what residents of each area want, and how much to change the wards. Now it’s time to look at the real meat of the issue: which areas could switch wards. We can generate some maps that average out all of the recommendations and let us view them graphically. Here is a map for all respondents, one for just residents, and one for residents of each ward showing… Keep reading…
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TIGER III to come this summer
The Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board reported Wednesday that there will be a third round of the federal government’s TIGER transportation grant program. The popular and extremely competitive grants can be used for almost any transportation idea, provided applicants make the case that their projects deserve funding. The recently-passed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
Streetcar almost done; Affordable housing takes hit; Pentagon fudged on BRAC numbers; Bike thefts growing problem; Mixed neighborhoods are prefered; From one election to another; Drivers apparently oblivious; CaBi data dump; And…. Keep reading…