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Circulator routes need user-friendly names
As DDOT looks to add new routes to the Circulator bus network, the agency should devise a simple and catchy naming system to designate each route. Metrorail uses colors. Metrobus and suburban bus systems use simple numbers or letter-number combinations (42, E6, 38B, etc.). Existing Circulator routes, on the other hand, are only known by their endpoints, like Georgetown-Union… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you didn’t expect
Spacey takes CaBi; Gentrification reduces displacement?; Ward 8 isn’t the most jobless; Ervin supports the bag fee; CityCenterNowHappening; We have a lot of bike commuters; A little bit of tolerance; No tolerance for ads; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Good choices
GSA picks retail over barricade; Making the case for trains in Va. Beach; DDOT will be all together in SE; Library renovations through 2017; Maryland will build even more roads to Konterra; Pop-up canal announced; Not a joke: George Will takes train. Keep reading…
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Residents oppose cutting north-south Circulator route
DDOT presented its ten-year plan for the Circulator at a public meeting last Thursday, but opposition to ending service on the Southwest Waterfront route dominated the meeting. Many residents felt “blindsided” by the decision to suspend service on this route and one woman called it “the worst bait and switch practice I’ve ever seen.”DDOT… Keep reading…
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Gray budget generally good for transportation
Mayor Gray released his proposed budget on Friday. It makes deep cuts in many areas, especially social services, but makes some exciting investments in transit funding, especially a big commitment to the streetcar program. Besides a capital investment in streetcars, the budget maintains Circulator funding and gives WMATA a small increase, but not enough to stave off Metro… Keep reading…
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America may have to accept shantytowns
The government of Virginia destroyed a town Friday morning. It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke. The town wasn’t on any maps, and it didn’t have a mayor, but it was a town. For its 80-some residents, it was home. The problem: The town was made up tents, and was lived-in by people who would otherwise be homeless. It was, for all intents and purposes, a shantytown. When… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People want a city, are getting a city
It’s development utopia again; People really want more restaurants; Recession worse for suburbs; Retail begins in Metro stations; Georgetown students deserve 2 ANC seats; Bethesda gets pay-by-phone; Another lousy parking “privatization”; Bike lanes make crazy writers really crazy; And…. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Week in Review: Mar 27-Apr 2, 2011
If you can’t read Greater Greater Washington every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance with Greater Greater Week in Review. Featured posts: Growing government vehicle scandal envelops Wells: The ongoing scandal over inappropriate government SUVs has widened with a stunning revelation that DC Councilmember Tommy Wells also has a “fully-loaded”… Keep reading…
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Weekend video: Moving beyond the freeway
Urban freeways have been the norm for decades in this country. But when they come down, it hasn’t been the end of the world for those cities. In fact, in the neighborhoods where the freeways were removed, tearing down the structures brought a renaissance to the area. Streetfilms took a look at past and future freeway removal projects. Keep reading…