Recent Posts
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Examiner beats drums for war on non-cars
The Washington Examiner’s opinion section features five separate fusillades against transit, spending on transit, and the entire idea, incomprehensible to the authors, that some people can happily live their lives primarily getting around using transit and on foot and might actually enjoy it. Several, by “conservative” writers and crossposted from… Keep reading…
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Nonprofit looks to green 14th & U from the ground up
Within eight years, an organization aims to turn two square blocks surrounding the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW into a national model of environmental sustainability. Living City Block (LCB), a Denver-based nonprofit, seeks eventually to develop block-wide energy and water systems to cut a 2-block area’s use of energy and water, and its output of solid waste,… Keep reading…
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AU students need more, quality on-campus housing
American University recently presented neighbors with the latest draft of its 10-year campus plan. The top priorities are to increase undergraduate student housing and provide more space for student recreation, dining, and activities on campus. The most controversial of the plan’s elements is the construction of an East Campus, across Nebraska Avenue from the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety on board
Guardian Angels upping Metro patrols; Safety issues on Metrobuses; Can the Mayor overrule HPRB?; Changing ways at Wilson Building?; CaBi posts impressive numbers; Make sure density helps all incomes; What it takes to save solar in DC; Giant globe may become giant baseball; And…. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Biking west, retail/zoning north, buses east
There’s an important meeting about bike lanes on New Mexico Avenue tonight. Other upcoming meetings discuss retail on upper 14th Street, the Montgomery zoning rewrite, and buses east of the Anacostia River. Tonight, ANC 3D, which spans from American University to the Potomac River, will discuss several transportation and planning issues, including safety at Ward… Keep reading…
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Photo tour of the ICC
The ICC is open, and while it may have been a questionable project, it is certainly one of the largest new pieces of transportation infrastructure to be constructed in the region in recent years. With that in mind, a friend drove me from Shady Grove Metro down the new megahighway to its temporary end at Norbeck Road, where we turned around and came back. The pictures from both lengths… Keep reading…
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Three quick fixes to DC Council credibility
The DC Council has bruised its reputation with a pair of self-inflicted wounds: over-priced leased SUVs and Verizon Center ticket squabbles. It can take steps to regain credibility by repealing its members’ parking ticket exemption, stop accepting free sports and entertainment tickets, and release data on official credit card purchases. The District deserves respect… Keep reading…
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DCFPI responds to your comments on tax report
GGW last week covered recent findings that taxes paid by DC residents and car-free Virginia residents generally are the lowest in the region, based on new research from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. We at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute appreciate the coverage of our work and the many comments the story received. We would like to respond to some of the comments, including those… Keep reading…
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Make Capitol Hill’s Hine project better, not smaller
Developers of the Hine school near Eastern Market unveiled the latest iteration of their plans last night. It’s not the most beautiful Capitol Hill building, but historic review should improve the project as long as it doesn’t also accede to some bad ideas from opponents to try to shrink the project and push it away from the street. On the EMMCA blog, Larry Janezich… Keep reading…
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Monday night, Georgetown ANC approved recommendations concerning the University’s 10 Year Campus Plan. This includes the usual complaints about students living off-campus, but also dedicates four pages to concerns about transportation-related issues including objections to campus shuttles traversing the neighborhood. Neighbors have long complained that… Keep reading…