Posts tagged Barack Obama
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There’s much to celebrate about pre-K in DC
As a former teacher, passionate education watcher, and eventual future parent in DC, there are a lot of things I want to change about the way we educate kids. It’s easy to overlook where we’re doing well and have already improved greatly. One such area is pre-kindergarten education. President Obama made early childhood education a central focus of his State of the… Keep reading…
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President Obama proposes a “fix-it-first” program for roads
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama launched a “Fix-It-First” program to repair aging infrastructure and put people to work. The president even took an indirect jab at officials who would rather build new than fix existing infrastructure, saying, “I know you want these job-creating projects in your district; I’ve… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give permission
New WH CoS not “allowed” to bike?; Legalize cohabitation in VA; VA reps don’t want tolls; Passengers stuck on train; Add a signal at 16th and Colesville; Hannity discovers old overgeneralizations; Chicago will do BRT; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Second term approaches
Obama takes one step for DC rights; Inauguration items; Norton asks for statehood, again; Better biking past the White House; New housing won’t have free parking; Maryland will consider bottle bill; Wells approaching mayoral run; Tennessee drops highway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Whether to build it
Tysons trees safe?; TOD for New Carrollton?; No bowling alley for Georgetown?; 2013 critical for Purple Line; Silver Spring parking more pricey; What’s changed in Ward 3; Market answers for urbanism; Thank lead for crime wave; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and non-votes
DC Council votes; Tysons tax vote pushed back; Olson “too Arlington” for PG?; Gray not into autonomy vote; L Street lane opens, M is next; A “bike beltway” for Towson?; Court hears psychic’s zoning challenge; Not throwing stones; More infrastructure $?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get Smart
More ways to get a SmarTrip; City Dems, rural GOP?; Long poll lines need fixing; Transit agencies announce inauguration service; Get to Georgetown easier; Outreach breeds support; A second term how to; Where’d everyone go?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Grocery shopping
Nobody bikes for groceries?; No more Yes; Reduce car spaces, add bike spaces; Safety before ATC; More transit, fewer cars; No damage to Metro except pocketbook; Obama on transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Presidential debate again ignores urban issues
Listen to the national candidates talk, and you’d think American cities don’t exist; there is no form of transportation other than driving. A number of bloggers have pointed out how last night’s debate, like its predecessor, conspicuously didn’t talk about cities. At Next American City, Matt Bevilacqua writes: Neither candidate uttered the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the trail’s at
Finish the Met Branch; Bike progress in Herndon; Light rail plans in Maryland; Rejection defended; On the waterfront; GOP on transportation; And…. Keep reading…