Posts tagged Dc
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Taxi Commission proposed own Uber-style “surge pricing”
Late yesterday afternoon, the DC Taxicab Commission (DCTC) announced that taxis could charge an extra $1 per passenger when Nats playoff games are in town. Confusion and outrage ensued, and within 2 hours, Mayor Gray rejected the plan, and the commission has rescinded it. Ironically, this move has a lot in common with Uber’s “surge pricing,” which proposed… Keep reading…
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Proposed graduation requirements lack transparency
The DC State Board of Education’s proposed new graduation requirements include many worthwhile proposals. However, some changes are more troubling, and the report does not give parents and other members of the public enough information to really comment. Social studies courses will decline In social studies, the board recommends reducing the requirement from… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Playoffs?
Playoff costs and benefits; Don’t need parking; Driver hits kids on Walk to School Day; Don’t walk, says LeMunyon; Low income and bikeshare; Housing list may close; Study sees red; And…. Keep reading…
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DC may tighten school graduation requirements
The DC State Board of Education this summer released a proposal to update graduation requirements for DC public school students. Many of the proposed changes have merit. Others seem overly prescriptive and raise some questions which the board does not explain in its report. The proposal is the culmination of a year of intense behind-the-scenes work and public meetings by the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and taxes
Online voter registration?; Commuter tax for DC gov workers?; Norton skeptical of autonomy referendum; Bag fee helps clean up Anacostia; Finish the trail; Corcoran interior a landmark?; DC’s offices the fullest in the nation; MARC World Series?; And…. Keep reading…
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Park View community battles over preserving church
The latest historic preservation fight is in the Park View neighborhood, where a newer resident wants to landmark a church on Georgia Avenue, but the church’s leaders and many longtime residents oppose the idea. Kent Boese, librarian, ANC commissioner, Park View history expert, and former contributor to Greater Greater Washington nominated the Fishermen of Men Church… Keep reading…
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ANC gets illegal Uline Arena signs removed
The illegal signs on the west side of the Uline Arena are finally down. Dogged determination from the local ANC, rather than any city agency, managed to get a powerful owner to comply with the law. The arena is at 3rd and M Streets NE in NoMA, just east of the railroad tracks. We first discussed the illegal signs in June 2011. A little over a month later, DCRA fined Douglas Development,… Keep reading…
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Vancouver-style Anacostia ferries and the Water Mall
Vancouver’s False Creek ferries shuttle people between major attractions and neighborhoods, activating their waterway. Yesterday, we discussed whether a similar program could achieve the same for the Anacostia River. Could a connected Anacostia become a significant destination or even a second, water-borne National Mall? The False Creek ferries run every 5-10… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life on the street
Food trucks collect tax; Slow down on 17th Street; More disability parking?; Don’t dump in this yard; A vote for autonomy; Change Stead Park?; Is mobile technology rewiring cities?; New York streets get more dangerous; And…. Keep reading…
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Could Vancouver’s ferries work in the Anacostia?
A fleet of tiny ferries zigzags back and forth between neighborhoods and major tourist attractions on both sides of Vancouver’s False Creek. Could the same work on the Anacostia River, connecting sites on Buzzard Point, Near Southeast, Poplar Point and Anacostia Park? When visiting Vancouver a few years ago, Greater Greater Wife and I took a hop on-hop off bus tour. When… Keep reading…