Recent Posts
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Orange and Blue lines to close downtown next weekend
Next weekend includes Columbus Day. Because lighter passenger volumes are expected that weekend, Metro is planning disruptive, but necessary trackwork. The Blue and Orange Lines will be severed by the work zone. There will be no train service at Farragut West or McPherson Square. Blue and Orange trains will not call at Metro Center, either. All weekend, beginning… Keep reading…
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How do parents pick schools?
For parents in our region, the hardest quality-of-life, “why am I here?” question is not related to transportation or even crime or retail amenities, but education. Is this a good place to raise our kids and send them to school? In DC in particular, this is the existential question that residents who are starting families have been asking themselves over and over… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growing pains for area transportation
Metro needs some Clearasil; And more from Metro; Capital Bikeshare falls short?; Arlington wants its money; Trying car-free in Tysons; Do the sprawl crawl; Eats on the street; Looking down on the suburbs. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: DC gets no respect
Chaffetz wants to rule your life; Rosslyn’s tallest building, you mean; A greener, more walkable 14th Street; Bye bye bottles (on campuses); Before there were bike lanes; 1 year and counting on transpo bill; Avoid biased language. Keep reading…
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Should NTSB recommendations get a blank check?
Following the June 2009 Red Line crash that killed 9 people, the NTSB made several recommendations to Metro based on the causes of the crash. While these recommendations are obviously important, Metro has an obligation to riders, and to the families of the victims, to ask what safety trade-offs would be made by implementing them. What safety trade-offs could NTSB… Keep reading…
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Bloomingdale creates its own urban oasis
A lot has been said here and elsewhere about the difficulties created for the District and its residents by federal ownership of public spaces. But let’s not forget how much ordinary citizens can do, and have done, to improve the common areas around them. It starts in one’s own neighborhood and requires being aware of one’s surroundings, envisioning how they… Keep reading…
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Lincoln Park CaBi station canceled after complaints
Neighborhood opposition has scotched a proposed Capital Bikeshare site near Lincoln Park, disappointing residents eagerly awaiting a station. I was excited about Capital Bikeshare’s (“CaBi”) much-heralded September 20, 2010 launch in the District. As a Capitol Hill resident who walks 15 minutes to a Metro stop, I was eager for the arrival of a… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…
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Washington from the sky: Google updates aerial photos
What were you doing on Sunday, August 29, 2010? If you were outside shortly after 1 pm, chances are Google Maps caught you on camera from a satellite. Google recently updated its satellite imagery of the Washington area and the new photos illustrate just how much the region has changed. In just a few clicks, you can see all the projects we’ve discussed… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Get on it, developers!
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