Posts tagged Corruption
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Breakfast links: Purple Line lawsuits
No lawsuit from Chevy Chase; Eminent Domain for Purple Line?; Fannie Mae selling headquarters; A new Ward 5; Stop blocking the streetcar; Howze outlines streetcar improvements; Bike lanes over car dependence; Massive sprawl in Belgium; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning Bell: Troubling, heartening trends for DC children
Gains, losses for capital’s kids: A new foundation report shows mixed trends for DC youth: a twofold increase in 4th-grade reading proficiency and a surge in preschool attendance in recent years, but a rising percentage of children living in high-poverty neighborhoods. And 77% of 4th-graders still aren’t proficient in reading. (Annie E. Casey Foundation, Post)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Adjust your plans
Leave your car at home; Everything longer on the Blue Line; Housing beats offices; How to make housing affordable; What happens in Tenleytown; Trashy work; Senator leaves big shoes to fill; Crosswalk enforcement; Bike in a skirt; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Creative ways to boost tourism
Give Pittsburgh the scaffold?; When movie tax credits help a city; Bikeshare thievery; GSA proposes cybersecurity campus; Corupt developer punished; Alec Baldwin, bike salmon; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Who do you believe?”
The state we’re in; Housing the homeless; The money trail; Height limit in the House; Parks and recreation; Water tower enclosure has few fans; DC could vote on pot; No scratch-offs with your cupcake; Rush hour robbers; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Saving the city
Self-policing DC; Best design of the year?; Shaw and Anacostia sites ready for development; Pay-to-play meter deal; Defense of streetcar in Arlington; Urbanism from scratch; 1 car = 10 bikes; 11-year BRT timeline; Utah’s transit gem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Livability everywhere
CaBi is coming to College Park; Leesburg approves wider sidewalks; Virginia studies Route 1 transit; DDOT considers new bike routes; New development strains Metro; Politician driving recklessly; How to evaluate transportation?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running on Empty
Shutdown impact grows; Gray proposes environmental legislation; 3 vie for last PG casino license; Rough day on Metro; Heating plant plans heat up; Fare hike coming?; ICC traffic increasing; Cab drivers file suit; Kilpatrick gets 28 years; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Influence
There is a (little) bike lobby; Is the council too powerful?; Safeway expands, goes mixed-use; Fence blocks the way; No jail for Raquel Nelson; Fraud with disability parking; Education elements; House may scrap Ike design; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s up elected officials
Brown is guilty; Taxi Commission still over-regulating; Who are you voting for, VA?; Fix the laws; Housing prices keep rising; Rail isn’t so necessary?; Runway shifts, DC shrinks. Keep reading…