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Metro work to close Orange, Blue lines this weekend
This weekend, several major rehabilitation projects on the eastern side of the Metro system will close segments of the Blue and Orange Lines. Starting at 10p on this Friday, November 5, all Orange Line service east of Stadium-Armory will be suspended and Blue Line trains will not run between Stadium-Armory and Benning Road. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring bike station gets planning money
WashCycle alerted us to a TBD article about the Silver Spring Park development project, recently approved with the requirement that the developer commit money to the Silver Spring bike station. From the article:To make up for the remaining public space requirement, developers will give $152,728 to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning to pay for a bike station at Gene… Keep reading…
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ANCs just got better
While DC’s ANC races garnered relatively little press coverage compared to Congress and local governors or councilmembers, voters in DC make important decisions when they cast their ballots yesterday in these local races. Overall, our ANCs are going to get better, thanks to involvement by the voters of DC. For example, we’re very excited that David Garber decisively… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The votes are in
Election results mixed for transportation; What’s in store for education reform?; CaBi impresses while Metro struggles; More CaBi stations for Arlington; Bike and transit news in Northern Virginia; Benefits of green roofs; Transit is good for kids; If a tree falls in a suburb; And…. Keep reading…
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Historic almost-losses: Dolley Madison’s house
On the northeast corner of Lafayette Square sits a distinctive yellow house with an ornamental wrought iron porch. Quaint and domestic as it is, it seems transported from a bygone era, a time when Lafayette Square was where the rich and famous lived and this house on the corner was the epicenter of Washington social life. Dolley Madison (1768-1849) owned the house at one time and… Keep reading…
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Spanish speaker faced obstacles to voting
My friend Lester Feder relayed a story about about voting problems for non-English speakers in Mt. Pleasant: When I went to vote at Bell Multicultural High School, the polling place for Mt. Pleasant, there was a woman in front of me who did not speak English. Instead of offering her Spanish translation as required by law in a neighborhood with such a large number of Spanish speakers,… Keep reading…
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Prince George’s housing challenges call for new leadership
Recently, the Coalition for Smarter Growth issued a call to the new county executive of Prince George’s: fix the Housing Department. It’s a tall order, but a vital one. Nearly half of Prince George’s households spend more on housing than they can afford. That statistic becomes even more stark when we note that the county has returned millions of dollars in… Keep reading…
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Arlington meters should run after dark
In Arlington, VA, the parking meters shut down at 6pm, but many streets stay busy until much later. The crowded streets and overfull parking contribute to a sense that parking in downtown Clarendon, Crystal City or Rosslyn is hard to find. But there are many off-street garages available, either for free or for a nominal fee with validation. Charging for parking on… Keep reading…
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Time to fast-track the southern Bethesda Metro entrance
Conditions have recently improved in the Bethesda Metro station. Now that escalator renovations are done, the station has much less of a bottleneck. But this busy station desperately needs even more capacity. It’s time to build a southern entrance to the station. Plans have long called for a second entrance toward the southern end of the platform. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Election Day!
Vote today; Voting on transportation; Need for speed becomes need for flame?; New and old side by side; Work begins on 15th Street bike lane extension; What happened to Metro Saturday?; Some DC teachers get “Ovation”; New Anacostia license plate; And…. Keep reading…