Posts tagged Chinatown
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Breakfast links: Who’s on top
Bonds leads, Silverman ties Mara; Bikeshare blossoms; Meet the parking anger; Preserve eastern Chinatown?; Bigger, better stations; No fed dollars for Pike streetcar; Beauregard rezoned; This camera’s a fake; LaHood talks tough on bike safety. Keep reading…
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Ticket scofflaw drivers with bus-mounted cameras
How do you stop car drivers from blocking bus lanes? Put cameras on buses, of course. Unfortunately, transit lanes are often clogged by car drivers who either don’t know or don’t care that cars are not allowed in them. Enforcement is difficult, because violation is often so rampant that it’s not practical for the police to pull over every violating car. Keep reading…
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Landscape architects envision a greener Chinatown
How could Chinatown be a greener and more livable neighborhood? Designers from the American Society of Landscape Architects and Fuss & O’Neill created a vision for an inter-connected series of green “complete streets,” with new, safer bicycle lanes, a pedestrian-friendly “festival street,” and a central hub for new street-level sustainability… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The right parking
DC plans Chinatown performance parking; Medical Center elevators get funded; Escalator snag trips 5; Street width creates parking; Rockville pushes back; Commercial properties get lower assessments; Driver lawbreaking behind most crashes; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Powerless
Storm leaves homes in the dark; Walmart will bring too much traffic; Nader urges little strike for statehood; CaBi strengthens local bike shops; Young men leave cars?; DC extends pool time; CUA will reduce parking, then build more; Banned intercity buses crowd out Chinatown minibuses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not like it used to be
The action is in the core; Verizon Center aims for new signage; Bikeshare survey says; New cars won’t come in time; Do they need the money?; Another “power grab”; Who’s running for what?; Chicago is stumbling; Rio’s growing pains; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fewer buses
Don’t need BRT?; Bye dangerous buses; Red Line was almost really red; NoMa gets a sort-of-park; Cool house; All not well with transpo bill; Who is Michael Sindram?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not very ethical
An abrupt end; Kwame vs. press, part 1; Kwame vs. press, part 2; Neighbors want retail; Neighbors and Cafritz get closer; Fight for the transit benefit; Fairfax school crumbling; How to fix Amtrak; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome and unwelcome guests
Developer wants bus stop gone; Wells wants DC United to stay; What to do with Union Station? Tour buses?; DC United not considering Prince George’s; Inflation applies to Dulles tolls; Protest updates; Cyclists’ Ed. comes to elementary school; Test scores and the achieve gap rise; And…. Keep reading…