Posts tagged Ncpc
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How can Obama really do more for DC?
Yesterday, President Obama and Mayor-Elect Gray met for lunch. According to Gray, Obama said he “wants to do more for the city.” How can he do more? Obviously there are a number of federal programs that give out funding, whether discretionary or formula, and Obama could push for DC in many areas of the federal budget. But the President is very concerned about the deficit,… Keep reading…
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Live chat with NCPC on the federal Comprehensive Plan
Today, we’re chatting with NCPC planners about the Federal Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the Nation’s Capital, particularly the transportation element. #cil_page .mainchat { position: relative; overflow: auto; } Greater Greater Washington live chat: Transportation in the Federal Comprehensive Plan(11/16/2010) … Keep reading…
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Live chat on federal Comprehensive Plan, tomorrow at noon
NCPC planners will be joining us tomorrow for our next live chat on the Federal Elements of the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan defines broad policy directions for Washington, DC. Since Home Rule, it has had two portions. The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) defines the Federal Elements, and the DC Council sets the District Elements with input from NCPC. The… Keep reading…
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Push for better parking zoning, development, streetcars, retail and buses in DC and Arlington next week
Next week is a big one for advocates for sustainable transportation to make sure DC and Arlington seize big opportunities to move forward. There is a huge streetcar hearing, a key parking zoning hearing, the first step to rewriting the federal Comprehensive Plan, and exciting forums on East Falls Church, far Northeast livability, the Circulator, upper 14th Street, the Columbia… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More ups and downs
Two slots at DCA up for grabs; Virginia to raise speed limits; Height debate continued; Gray softens on lower parking rates; Bethesda escalator repair nears end; Arlington Trader Joe’s to get parking; L’Enfant Plaza-Future Banneker Memorial Station?; Is there an answer to gentrification?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where it’s big
Where are the big apartment buildings?; I cannot tell a lie; Metro wants your input; Brown asked to resign; Reduce blight and close the budget gap; The big, greener apple; More than tunnels. 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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Breakfast links: More security
Naval Observatory getting more security; CaBi’s the latest example; Foreclosures down, short sales up; More credit card meters; Putting Twitter to good use; Southwest gets closer to National; Windshield perspective for couch potatoes; Masdar on the rise; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fewer trains, more cars
Longer trains on Red Line; Women’s History Museum moves forward; Scrambling in Northern Virginia; More bike lanes, not in Chevy Chase; Convention Center hotel in Shaw; Clean the Anacostia; Hooking up on P Street; Taking on Buy America. Keep reading…
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Live chat with NCPC on activating federal places
Welcome to our live chat with NCPC planners Shane Dettman and David Zaidan, to discuss the federal government’s effort to better activate the plazas and street facades of their buildings in and around Washington, DC. Keep reading…