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Car country
A few weeks ago, my friends and I went to a festival at Linganore Winecellars, a winery in Mount Airy, Maryland. Thousands of people came out to enjoy wine and Caribbean music, and all of them arrived by car, covering the winery’s non-productive fields with parking. The result looks like something the Coalition for Smarter Growth would use for an anti-sprawl campaign. The… Keep reading…
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Reflecting on Greater Washington’s changes over 10 years
As advocates, we spend a lot of time on Greater Greater Washington discussing visions and practical plans to make Greater Washington Greater. While we have lots of room to become Greater, I think it’s important to celebrate things that are currently Great but weren’t always. Two Wednesdays ago, I attended DC United’s friendly game against A.C. Milan. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Get whisked away
Richmond to Raleigh in 2 hours; DC2beach; Another person pooh-poohs Purple; Coming to Baltimore; $2 million for tax breaks?; Comment on transit formula; APTA stance hurting transit?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Cluttered news
Metro too cluttered?; Bus driver harasses, not punished?; The doc explains; Call 911 if you get hit; Anti-cycle rampager caught; Build on parking, not garden; Real cities have theaters; Can White House Urban Affairs do something?. Keep reading…
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What’s That? #27
It’s week #27 of What’s That? Keep reading…
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Fun with fantasy maps
It’s been a while since we had some nice juicy fantasy transit maps. Here are two from readers. Keep reading…
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Not allowed in the L’Enfant City?
Jaime Fearer noticed an item for sale in Maryland that might violate a 122-year-old ban if used in the L’Enfant City and Georgetown: Keep reading…
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Streetcars will “bridge the gaps”
The Transport Politic’s Yonah Freemark created some terrific maps of DC’s proposed streetcar network showing how streetcars will fill in the gaps between Metrorail lines. Keep reading…
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What’s That? #26: The answers
Congratulations to Teyo, FoggyBottom, and F. Sheehan for getting all three answers to this week’s What’s That? Keep reading…
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Bridge will connect trail, Edgewood to RI Ave Metro
The Rhode Island Avenue Metro station sits high above Rhode Island Avenue, east of and above the railroad tracks. Riders who want to get to the Edgewood neighborhood to the northwest must follow a very circuitous route. They must descend on a long, sloping, and ugly pedestrian ramp across the avenue, then curve in a sort of pedestrian cloverleaf around to the sidewalk. They must… Keep reading…