Posts tagged Construction
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Breakfast links: New laws
DC Council resumes work; How Downtown DC came to be; Let riders’ voices be heard; Customer value should drive Metrorail; Bike lanes don’t hurt retailers; A restart of sprawl?; Trees illegal in Georgia?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It is the east
Not relaxed about new restaurant; Retailers look eastward; Anacostia needs arts and more; No place to wait; Metro morsels; Potomac Yard Metro delayed some more; Hirshhorn stays donut, won’t get bubble; More homes for sale; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of park
Parking minimums impede Anacostia; Streetlights people; Wrongheaded enforcement; WSSC would force suburban patterns; Credit card readers maybe?; Bag some bag fees?; Where the cranes are; Report card time; And… Keep reading…
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No answers, no accountability for Silver Spring Transit Center
Neither Montgomery County nor construction company Foulger-Pratt will take responsibility for ongoing delays at the Silver Spring Transit Center. And until outside consultants release their findings, which were supposed to come out last month, it’s unclear what’s wrong with it in the first place. Last month, Foulger-Pratt filed a claim against Montgomery… Keep reading…
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Car-centered traffic engineering ties Bethesda in knots
Construction-related street closings in downtown Bethesda have put pedestrians and cyclists at risk, while needlessly jamming up car traffic. The Montgomery County DOT, by treating a busy urban crossroads like a suburban highway, has made the streets less friendly to all. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Redevelopment
No more Laurel Mall; Path cleared for Klingle Trail; Corruption fighters fight elections board; Portland builds without parking; Bus rides into house; Program tells cities apart; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New beginnings
Maryland House approves casino bill; Ryan is not for transit; DC house prices set new high; Gallaudet opens new deaf-friendly dorm; Ad cites GGW on driverless cars; LA to cut parking minimums; No transit in 2000?; And…. Keep reading…
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Holiday links: For the fourth
How to get around; Non-profit drives drinkers home; Safety rules a waste?; WCP gets bought; Charles County adopts traffic cameras; Rents in NoMa, Capitol Riverfront rise the most; Only some city brands stick; NPS will soon change vending contract; Don’t assault anyone; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend Links: Take a gamble
MGM comes to the Potomac?; CaBi users not wearing helmets; Bhatt talks pedestrian safety; FBI informant runing for Council; IZ still a trickle; Prince George’s Plaza gets density; Am I condemned to gentrify?. Keep reading…
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14th and U construction site tests temporary sidewalk policy
14th and U has some of DC’s heaviest pedestrian traffic, but recently, a fence suddenly stopped people from walking along this heavily traveled corridor. Developer JBG says they want a walkway, but DDOT’s policy won’t allow it. What’s going on? Keep reading…