Posts tagged Charles Allen
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A unanimous vote to end DC’s unjust insurance law for people walking and biking
On Tuesday, the DC Council unanimously approved a bill to end the extremely unjust “contributory negligence” rule which frequently forbids people who are hit when walking or biking from collecting medical costs from a driver’s insurance. Keep reading…
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DC Council postpones fixing an injustice to pedestrians and cyclists because Kenyan McDuffie’s dog ate his homework
I’m on vacation in Copenhagen, but am writing a post anyway )using a Danish keyboard where the punctuation is all in a different place= because I’m sufficiently annoyed at Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie. He seems to have just read a very important bill to protect people walking and bicycling at the very last minute, then asked for an extension because it didn’t… Keep reading…
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DC’s homeless shelter plan just got a makeover
In February, Mayor Bowser put forth a plan to replace DC General with seven smaller family shelters around the District. The DC Council just made some key changes: all of the sites will now be city-owned rather than leased, and a few will be in different locations than first planned. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Not so safe accommodations; Taxation without representation; Foreign object, not arcing; Vote in Maryland!; “Uber of parking” falters; Soccer starts; DCHA goes solar; Bikeshare equity counts. Keep reading…
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Thank you for a great 8th birthday party!
Thanks to all of you —our readers, friends, and donors—who celebrated our 8th birthday last week! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stayhere-Arentmoving
Metro mayhem; To Fairfax for free; Pay up for public housing; Politicians and poets; Potomac postponed; FBI crystal ball; Vision Zero, codified; Suburban salad bowls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving, moving, moving
Move to Largo; Wooing Marriott; No more MARC and VRE?; No money for Baltimore; Happy, but noncommital; New start for College Park; Tree hugger; NY ❤ Uber; Too much parking. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Multi-modal
Share the road; Curb U-turns; Bus wash won’t be a wash; Hurry up for safety; Not so fast; Office space; Mixed-use school; Arts & science; We’ll ask Leif Dormsjo your questions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: This land is my land
Master of my eminent domain; Unpave paradise; Where and how much?; We’re different; Abandonment issues; Crumbling sidewalks; Saving energy; Completing our streets; Worst parking job ever. Keep reading…
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A book-of-the-month club for infants and toddlers aims to narrow the achievement gap
A new proposal to send a book a month to every DC child under five could help narrow the yawning literacy gap between poor and higher-income kids, which has its roots well before kindergarten. But ultimately, disadvantaged kids will need a lot more assistance than a book a month to catch up to their more affluent peers. Spurred by low achievement among DC’s low-income and… Keep reading…