Posts tagged Curb Cuts
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Van Ness Walgreens’ drive-thru isn’t even the worst part
As I reported last week, Walgreens is proposing a new store with a drive-thru and 27 parking spaces on the former site of a gas station at Veazey and Connecticut, right by the Van Ness Metro. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: thanks for emailing tips edition
Sausage makers talk trains: Northern Virginia’s Congressman Jim Moran is holding a town hall on called “From Roads to Rail” on Monday evening, July 7th in Tysons. House Transportation Chairman James Oberstar will speak too. Thanks bfox! Keep reading…
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Unnecessary parking and a curb cut
Even opponents of lower parking minimums agree with me on at least one thing: curb cuts are bad. They create more places where cars will be crossing the sidewalk and potentially imperiling pedestrians, and they also take away curb space on the street which removes public, shared parking to create exclusive private parking. They’re also aesthetically bad, making the city feel… Keep reading…
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Preservation “incompatible” with historic preservation
There is a lot of bad blood between the Dupont Circle ANC and the HPRB. Even before the Third Church issue, there were several other deeply felt conflicts, which led to serious discussion at this month’s ANC meeting about a “historic preservation bill of rights” limiting, in some ways, HPRB’s authority. Some ANC commissioners argued that HPRB is inconsistent… Keep reading…