Recent Posts
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Letter: DC already adequately represented on NCPC
Lisa MacSpadden, Director of Public Affairs for NCPC, sent along this response to a recent article: In your December 2 post, “How Can Obama Do More for DC?” you mentioned that the President, directly or indirectly, controls half of the 12 seats on the National Capital Planning Commission. You recommended that President Obama appoint a District resident to the Commission… Keep reading…
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ACS shows Ward 6 growing fastest, while Ward 1 shrinks
Census estimates released yesterday reveal that the population of DC’s Ward 6 grew by 9% during most of the last decade. More surprisingly, Ward 1, widely expected to have grown, actually shrank by 3%. Yesterday the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey released its five-year demographic averages for every neighborhood in the nation. Though… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shiny new things
Developments at Dunbar; Screens lighting up with data; Is BRAC a priority for McDonnell?; How Moscow handles its escalators; Post: Keep up Klein’s work; Wells talks bikes; Bad privatization hits New Jersey; More on the federal transit benefit; And…. Keep reading…
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Terrible Aldi design shows need for new parking zoning
Carver-Langston is a dense, urban neighborhood, and is about to benefit greatly from the H Street-Benning Road streetcar, which will run across the entire southern edge of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, commercial developers still seem to think they are located in a far-flung suburb, miles from the city. Along with the increase in transit options for the over 5,500 residents… Keep reading…
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Join GGW, Gabe Klein and others next Tuesday for a holiday bike ride and happy hour
On Tuesday, December 21, join your fellow sustainable transportation enthusiasts, Greater Greater Washington contributors, WABA staff including their Bike Ambassador, and DDOT officials including Gabe Klein for a holiday bike ride and happy hour. We’ll be meeting at the Reeves Center, on the corner of 14th and U, at 5 pm to get started. From there, we’ll bike… Keep reading…
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Choose bike boulevards over bike lanes around H Street, NE
The 2005 Bicycle Master Plan includes bike lanes on streets parallel to H Street NE, but bike lanes aren’t always the best approach. In this neighborhood, bike boulevards would help bicyclists while creating more obvious benefits for all neighborhood residents as well. A “bike boulevard” prioritizes cyclists and pedestrians. And it provides motorists… Keep reading…
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Added height with design review proposed for Union Station railyards, Lower Barracks Row
Two zoning proposals, one for the Union Station railyards and one for Lower Barracks Row near the Navy Yard, provide opportunities to allow some development and ensure good urbanism in any projects. On Thursday, the Zoning Commission will review proposed zoning for the railyards north of Union Station, on either side of the H Street “Hopscotch” bridge. The Office of Planning… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving along
DC area to start TIGER projects; 15th St. bike lanes almost complete; Long Branch starts to deal with reality of Purple Line; Why PG is corrupt, McCartney version; Transit benefit preserved; Montgomery launching snow map; I-395 project gets another face lift; AAA: Stop hating on bikes and peds; And…. Keep reading…
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Delicious Metro III
The Swedish Christmas Bazaar, at the House of Sweden, included this edible display alongside more traditional gingerbread houses: Keep reading…
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Tort liability driving away possible MARC operators
The Maryland Transit Administration has no cap on tort liability, and that is the reason Maryland had to recently cancel bidding on a contract to operate MARC’s Camden and Brunswick lines. In May 2009, the MTA invited bids on a contract for operation and maintenance of the two lines. Last month, the bidding was canceled. There had been only one bidder, namely… Keep reading…