Posts tagged Atlanta
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Breakfast Links: Tall enough?
House talks height; Food trucks come to Takoma Junction; McMillan plan green enough?; Another development on 14th; Atlanta’s mass transit at risk; Houston goes green; And…. Keep reading…
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Which city’s rail system has the best Walk Score?
Last week, David Klion computed the Walk Score for all Washington Metro stops. How does Metro stack up to the other heavy rail systems in the United States? The answers may surprise you. Keep reading…
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The streets and the courts failed Raquel Nelson
Last week, many reported the horrific story of Raquel Nelson, whose four-year-old son was killed as she attempted to cross the street with him to reach their home. Nelson was convicted of reckless conduct, improperly crossing a roadway and second-degree homicide by vehicle, all for the crime of being a pedestrian in the car-centric Atlanta suburbs. The conviction carried a… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Old dominion, new rules
Arlington scrutinizing big box stores; BRAC moving faster than expected; Fairfax to require permits for pick-up games; 2 visions for St. E’s; Police suggest making speeding mandatory; DC urged to perform landlord stings; Why aren’t the hip new restaurants in Georgetown?; Georgia convicts pedestrian of vehicular homicide; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: A Sunday stroll around the nation
Charm City is walkable, too; Walking on the dock of the bay; Jan Gehl explains walkable cities; So. Maryland gets smart about growth; Klein dreams big for Chicago; Senate skeptical of ethanol subsidies; Can cars be “green”?; Atlantans warming to rail. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: How we compare
Metro areas ranked by pedestrian safety; Why Washington is better than Atlanta; DC second fittest; biking a factor?; Gray wants Skyland Walmart; Cheh proposes awesome budget ideas; VRE bends over backwards; HSR an even clearer win for California than France; Building transit takes a long time. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s on your Metro?
Are cloth seats wise or germ havens?; McDonnell finally backs Metro funding; Henderson getting the job; Gray calls for investigation of Gray; Questionable tactics against Oregon bag bill; Ga. driver assaults 13-year-old for asking him to put away a phone; Maybe transit advocates are being honest; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Laws police don’t enforce
Police assume cyclist at fault; Police don’t punish their own; Barracks solution possible but complex; “This is a New Jersey-bound 7 train”?; Let them build roads, says Post; AJC unabashedly deserts city of Atlanta; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Where cycling is valued
Lincoln Park getting ped, bike treatment; Thanks for cycling, rest your foot; More bikes than cars; Burglaries drop in DC; Atlanta, New Haven and the Bronx get the TIGER; Solar’s agenda lights up; Round and round. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Biking and driving and parking, oh my
First to share; War of words; Up the road; Struck around the world; California dreaming; Driven by economics; A free response; What the colors show. Keep reading…