Posts tagged Construction
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Breakfast links: Traffic takes to the trails
Traffic on (Safe)track; SafeTrack solutions, round two; Data warehouse design; The rent is too damn high; Executive branch and bikes; Toward a safer Metro; Carless counts; Congestion pricing for NYC. Keep reading…
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15th Street’s protected bikeway is back!
It’s a Bike to Work Day miracle! For the last few months, demolition of the old Washington Post building has squeezed people on both bikes and foot into the same narrow space. But as of this morning, there’s both a protected bikeway and a sidewalk, meaning there’s a safe way for everyone to travel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The living isn’t cheap
Six figures for two bedrooms; Watch the boom; Strip mall tease; Filling the Metro gap; Arlington by the numbers; Another avoidable death; False car alarm; Death by TSA; And…. 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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Breakfast links: Turning the corner
A new era?; Behind the Metro mess; More safety inspections; Stuck in the door; Good news for CaBi; Fountain’s revival; Alexandria skyscraper; Take two for gas-to-condos; Taming transit costs; And…. Keep reading…
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Benning Road’s building boom begins
While H Street NE has boomed in recent years, nearby Benning Road has lagged. That’s about to change, with at least two big Benning Road redevelopments coming down the pipeline. Keep reading…
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See Metro Center when it was still under construction
In the mid 1970s, Metro’s first stations were under construction and on track for their 1976 opening day. This historic photo shows Metro Center station while it was under construction, circa 1975. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: See something, say something
Riders on the edge; I-395 HOV to HOT; WMATARU changes; Compromise on Westbard; Developers face the music; 9th and V crossing; Ride to remember; Drop the case; And…. Keep reading…
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Most of DC’s new housing is in high-rises, which most people can’t afford to live in
At first glance, the District’s central-city housing boom might seem to be completely benign: as long as new housing is being built, does it matter where it is? But by funneling almost all new residences into central-city high-rises, the District is all but requiring that new housing be built with only the most expensive construction techniques, on the most expensive land. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spin
Crisis “management”; Cracks slow construction; Safety drill not up to snuff; What to do about murders?; More bikes, less congestion; Free rides for kids; A fair housing fix; Transportation conundrum; And…. Keep reading…