Posts tagged Connecticut Avenue
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Breakfast links: Alexandria considering “no turn on red” along Patrick, Henry Streets
Alexandria suggests implementing “no turn on red” restrictions along Patrick, Henry Streets. Arlington’s government facilities now run entirely on renewable energy. Suburban sprawl and climate change slow efforts to clean the Chesapeake Bay. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA releases new service plans for rail and bus
Metro stations south of DCA will reopen this weekend. WMATA to increase rail service back to pre-pandemic frequencies over next few months. WMATA to address “ghost buses”. Keep reading…
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These three DC neighborhoods almost became freeway-oriented suburbia
Planners in the 1950s wanted to replace large swaths of central Washington with freeways. Canceling those plans saved the city not just from the freeways themselves, but also from an equally stunning plan to demolish thousands more blocks alongside said freeways and “renew” them with a suburban landscape of strip malls, office campuses, and apartment towers. Keep reading…
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DC’s Chevy Chase neighborhood looks to reverse its history of exclusion
Some members of DC’s Chevy Chase community are creating a more inclusive vision for the neighborhood alongside the launch of the Chevy Chase DC Small Area Plan by the DC Office of Planning. Keep reading…
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Here’s how U Street almost became strip malls and office parks
Planners in the 1950s wanted to replace large swaths of central Washington with freeways. Canceling those plans saved the city not just from the freeways themselves, but also from an equally stunning plan to demolish thousands more blocks alongside said freeways and “renew” them with a suburban landscape of strip malls, office campuses, and apartment towers. Keep reading…
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What we can learn from the history of DC’s circles and squares
From the 1870s up to the present day, competing interests — erecting monuments and memorials, preserving space for civic recreation, and catering to vehicular traffic — have led to drastic changes in our shared public spaces. Keep reading…
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The Red Line could have offered riders a peek at Rock Creek
Early plans considered putting trains inside the Taft Bridge between Dupont Circle and Woodley Park. Keep reading…
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Dupont residents criticize DDOT for cancelling plans for Connecticut Ave bike lanes
At a meeting Tuesday night, Dupont Circle residents expressed frustration that the District Department of Transportation is abandoning plans for protected bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue, at least for the near future. Keep reading…
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What we can learn from the history of DC’s circles and squares
From the 1870s up to the present day, competing interests—erecting monuments and memorials, preserving space for civic recreation, and catering to vehicular traffic—have led to drastic changes in our shared public spaces. Keep reading…
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Bicycle lanes on Woodley Place would fill a critical infrastructure gap
Bicycle lanes on Woodley Place NW would fill in a critical gap in Woodley Park's bicycle infrastructure. On Monday, March 18 ANC 3C commissioners will discuss a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) proposal to add the lanes. Keep reading…