Recent Posts
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Weekend links: Change in Maryland
New Bethesda entrance; WABA offers bike valet for dueling rallies; Maryland cycling laws changing October 1; Energy for kayaking; Please forgive my distraction; Freight rail concerns stall High Speed Rail; Parking ticket and a little yoga; Sleeping in a bubble; Scaffolding beautification. Keep reading…
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How the Internet changes transportation policy
WAMU video reporter Erissa Scalera talked to me recently about the role of blogs and sites that aggregate data, like Struck in DC and SeeClickFix, in transportation advocacy. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Happy hour, NYC panel, Greenbelt bike tour, festivals and many more tours
A couple of great events are coming up over the next few weeks, including the WalkingTownDC walking and biking tours and a number of neighborhood festivals tomorrow. GGW happy hour: Join GGW on Thursday October 7 at the Laughing Man for drinks and conversation. We’ll be starting at 6 pm and we’ll stick around for a couple hours. Laughing Man is at 1306 G Street NW, near… Keep reading…
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Falling into the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Is buying a new car greener than buying used?
About a year ago I was at a conference where the keynote speaker dispensed the conventional wisdom that buying a used car is more environmentally friendly than buying a new one, even something like a hybrid. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Manufacturing a new car requires enormous mining, manufacturing, transportation and other costs and energy inputs, while a used car… Keep reading…
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T-Mobile anti-innovation actions mirror transit data debate
This blog isn’t about consumer technology, but some recent news in the mobile carrier world has created grave worry and reflects the fight we had over opening up transit data to the public. It’s time for me to get a new smartphone. I’ve been a pretty happy T-Mobile customer for years, and was one of the first to buy the G1, the first Android phone. I was getting excited… Keep reading…
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Arlington plans to increase capacity at Rosslyn Metro
Metro Center has four main entrances. Gallery Place and L’Enfant Plaza each have three. Union Station, Silver Spring, Dupont Circle, and countless others have two. Rosslyn, the highest-ridership station in Virginia, has but one. One entrance with one set of long, slow escalators and one often-broken elevator, to serve all 36,000 daily passengers who enter and exit… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wide shoulders
I-66 shoulders could become lanes; Connecticut Ave bad for pedestrians; GSA getting creative; From ballpark to snowball park; Planning for homeless in winter; VRE will leave you behind; DC behind in energy efficiency; Is IZ too complicated?. Keep reading…
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Streetcars are historic preservation in Georgetown
All Georgetowners want to see the historic character of Georgetown preserved. Few initiatives have the potential to impact Georgetown’s historic character as profoundly as the DC Streetcar project. Streetcars are obviously a central feature of Georgetown’s historic landscape. What may be less obvious are the benefits streetcars would… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Food fights
The powerful vs. the food trucks; Eat more, drink less; Shaw/Bloomingdale will get a sit down restaurant; Why no bike sharing on the Mall?; Security might not always trump public access; Museum bubble takes shape; Preservation meets race in Alexandria; New New Carrollton; More car-free, less traffic. Keep reading…