Posts tagged Austin
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Breakfast links: Economic development
Public land deals come up short; CityCenter has to pay more?; Is Hill East weak?; Density helps tech industry; Smart Growth saves money; Why commute from Delaware?; DC may change gas tax too; Sinking. Keep reading…
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DMU trains are the DC region’s missing transit mode
In the DC region we have Metro and commuter rail trains, with light rail, streetcars, and BRT all in the works. And of course, regular buses. But one common mode we don’t have is DMU trains, which bridge the gap between light rail and commuter rail. DMU stands for Diesel Multiple Unit. DMU trains are intended to operate on routes that look like commuter rail, but at almost light… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winning
Olympics in DC 2024?; Region wins grants; Wins for economy, baseball team; Britain doesn’t want helmet laws; On the ethics of bicycling; Get low; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people want
No retail at Fairgrounds; What would you build?; MoCo BRT sleek, ambitious; Rent hard to control; Pay for school; Too much conflict and not enough; Rush+ gets limelight; Less is more; And…. Keep reading…
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Two stores pursue divergent futures for grocery shopping
Will grocery shopping in the future look the same as it does today? Two stores are pursuing very different visions of changing shopping, from a large multinational helping people buy with smartphones to a small store abolishing wasteful packaging. International retail giant Tesco pioneered a system in Korea where they paste large, full-size posters of store shelves on the… Keep reading…
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Morning links: New people, new money
Census data tells old, new stories; Tackling Metro crime with new money; Metro’s early opening not early enough; Small, local businesses shy away from DC USA; Best of DC for urbanists; Anacostia goings-on; Rethinking car ownership; Growth in one-way, on-the-fly car sharing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Few consequences
Shot a cyclist? It’s OK; Let there be light, and airport buses; Desire lines of Brasilia; Be on the Planning Board; Tweet your space; Everybody wants biotech. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Click, beep, dig
Car sharing: the next generation; Cleveland replaces quiet with false safety; Potomac Yard station on the “wrong side of the tracks”?; European annoyed by Metro broken ticket machines, escalators; Amtrak underspending on marketing. Keep reading…