Posts tagged Brac
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Breakfast links: Watch out for riots
Alexandria braces for BRAC; Restaurateur afraid of riots; Parking lot to become DC skatepark; DC challenging Census numbers; Homicide stats diverge; WMATA culture gradually crushes innovation?; Metro morsels; Spatial grid shows Tube distortion; And…. Keep reading…
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Stop distorting the cost of living with anti-urban subsidies
From rural air service to military base sitings to post office closings, many federal policies pick winners and losers among places for people to live. Exurban communities require much more expensive infrastructure, yet policymakers cling to a system that rewards building or living on cheap land but has the government subsidizing all the other associated costs. The Federal… Keep reading…
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DoD begins encouraging transit for BRAC commuters
The Department of Defense is now promoting alternatives to to the more than 5,800 employees relocating to Fort Meade in August due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) changes. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) headquarters is moving from the Pentagon in Virginia to Fort Meade in Maryland, and represents a substantial number of the relocated jobs. Unlike… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing the landscape
“Shallow” look at gentrification?; Freemasons pushed out, too; Purple Line will reshape communities; Carma-nothing; Be careful, pedestrians AND drivers; Congestion relief for BRAC?; Learn how to deal with a crash; And in PG…; And in DC…. 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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Breakfast links: Not welcome here
Barry wants ban on apartments; Park Police ruin a family’s 4th; Do we need a cyclist anti-harassment bill?; Alexandria pushing wider roads for Mark Center; No tax breaks for facadectomies; London bike sharing turns one; Metro morsels; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver on the line
Virginia officials talk Silver Line savings; Metro morsels; Johnson resigns, but not fast enough; Car sharing bidding “backward policy”?; Ward 1 ANCs discuss bike lanes, parking; Preserve Washington artifacts or empty space?; When automobilization was new; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: How to improve
Good schools help cities or vice versa?; ANC wants changes for Walmart; Why the hating on neighborhoods?; Transportation is political in Virginia; Just what transit needs: TSA screening; Crashes around the region; Klein bringing bus shelter screens to Chicago; Watch young planners showcasing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s play politics
GOP would privatize Northeast Corridor; House committee would halt St. E’s; Bill has a few BRAC fixes; Gas tax holiday for holidays?; Bulova wants GMU precinct; Barry, Brown tussle; Carjackings raise questions; CaBi opens eyes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rough on the powerless
Metro Transit Police injure disabled man; Gray for affordable housing but his budget isn’t; Taxi medallions help just a few; American tries to satisfy neighbors; Taking the T out of TOD; Alexandria shrinks Potomac Yard zone; Future BRAC phases loom; Bike bits; It’s not the talk-loudly-for-16-hours car. Keep reading…