Posts tagged Au Park
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How DC can build more homes in exclusive neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park
It’s hard to build nearly anything other than a single-family house in DC’s wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s stated goal to build 36,000 units of new housing in DC by 2025 is likely to run up against the fact that neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are zoned nearly entirely for single-family homes, don’t allow denser types of homes by default. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A scary ride?
Seeing red on the Red Line; How to be a bus rider; Union opts for re-training; Mixed-use outcry madness; MoCo’s land swap; Dog park drama; Gentrification of the sausage. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tolls, top dogs, and time off
One-way tolls only; More on Mr. Cohen; Paid leave in Montgomery; Fairfax bikeshare; Prince George’s jobs; No new people for AU Park; Rising rent; Spooky sidenotes. Keep reading…
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DDOT director Brown stands up to opposition to mini-circles
Permanent traffic circles will go in at two intersections in American University Park despite a last-ditch effort by some residents to block them. Transportation chief Matt Brown personally got involved to keep the project going. Keep reading…
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Mini-circles calm traffic in AU Park but stir opposition
For a year now, drivers and cyclists on 42nd Street NW encountered a traffic calming device that’s new to DC: Small traffic circles made out of plastic pylons. Permanent versions will soon replace them. But not all neighbors are pleased. Keep reading…
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How does the drinking age affect community?
UMD College Park President C.D. Mote Jr. has joined the growing chorus of college presidents who support returning the drinking age to 18, DCist reports. I agree with this, both because it’s rational public policy (it will probably reduce binge drinking) and because having an arbitrary line you cross in the middle of college (rather than before or after) is silly and unfair. Keep reading…