Posts tagged Civil Liberties
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Breakfast links: Welcome to July
Trackwork for July; Virginia will pay; WMATA TOD on the Web; Red no more, still little; Transparent windows = light pollution?; For streetcars before against them, or always for them?; How many taxis?; Not so protected. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transformation
Bike on Penn now; “Glass half full” vs. “frowny inflection”; Tysons transformed! Well, eventually; More ethnic food carts, hooray; Tear down power lines, not flyers; Fenty late to Metro memorial; TOD without ped safety brings tragedy; The “compass crusader”. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Separated
More arguments on HOT lanes; Video for Vancouver lanes; Bush daughter’s bikes stolen; Ride the Army train; Remove the FDR? Maybe not so crazy?; And…; Recipe for 14th north of CH? A streetcar?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Coming soon
DC government’s tech innovation; EFC debate underway; Fares too confusing?; Affordable forever?; One teen vs. the generistocracy; Howard Theater, for real?; Followups; Walking and biking around the nation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Site debate
Strategic areas for tall buildings?; Gas station worse next to community pool or Metro?; Fix it; More Council votes; Youth driving less because…; No grocery store since…; DIY subway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silly and serious
Are we “yuppies”? Are streetcars “toys”?; Papers without patience; Google made them build an unsafe road?; No videotaping police misconduct?; Riding it all; Georgetown streetcars tonight; Bike bits; Can the best congestion model sell congestion pricing?. Keep reading…
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Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t get near the protesters
Service members protesting the ban on gays in the military Tuesday cuffed themselves to the White House fence on Pennsylvania Avenue. US Park Police decided to restrict public and media access to the protest location by closing not only the sidewalk in front of the White House but also the entire avenue and half of Lafayette Park. The incident caught the attention of Ben Smith at… Keep reading…
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The only thing we have to fear is a summit at the Convention Center
On Monday, April 12 and Tuesday April 13, fifty heads of state will convene at the Convention Center for the Nuclear Security Summit hosted by the State Department. The Secret Service will cordon off numerous streets around the Convention Center, creating significant traffic jams, forcing the rerouting of numerous bus lines and subjecting residents of the adjacent… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy birthday, but don’t sing
Happy birthday Metro!; High spirits not allowed in the Capitol; Now Dr. Gridlock-Metrocrowd-Busysidewalk?; Fairfax rallying against Connector cuts; DHS needs even more space; 3 Ike towers in Alexandria?; Pike art. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clear the bottleneck
16th Street bus-bike lanes!; Beltway is 3rd worst; ever heard of rail?; Where would they grow the pot?; No VA gas tax hike; Recently-repaired MARC loco breaks down; Lots of independent stores in Georgetown; Is the car a civil rights instrument?. Keep reading…