Posts tagged Dc Usa
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The National Zoo cancels its parking garage. What are better ideas?
It's a bit too hard to get to the Zoo, and sadly, Metro has not provided reliable service on weekends. Perhaps because of this, more visitors drove to the zoo in 2016 than in any of the previous five years. What else could the zoo do? Keep reading…
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Alexandria has too much parking, and it’s having a detrimental effect on the city
Alexandria has far more parking than is actually being used, a recent task force study found. Now the city is considering what they should do with all of that wasted space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Highs and lows
DCA breaks records again; Extreme weather squashes Metro ridership; Grocery delivery debacle; Parking panderers; The “bike lobby” hits Alexandria?; Just hope you find a chair in time; Not in my expansive back yard!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Love (and snow) is in the air
One two (three?) punch; Virginia is for more lovers; Grounded; Snowed-in street grids; Half empty or half full?; COG goes to Congress; Bethesdans against nightlife; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A hop, skip, and a jump
A new Hopscotch Bridge; New approach to New Communities; A much bigger Reston; New allies for bikes and peds; Entrepreneurial enterprises; Development downers; Sneckdowns inspire upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Churches work out pay parking deal in Columbia Heights
A solution to the chronic parking problems some Columbia Heights churchgoers face could be at hand. The Current reports (mammoth PDF) that the Washington Interfaith Network worked out a deal with the District government to let church patrons use the underfilled DC USA parking garage for a discount rate. Columbia Heights has a lot of churches with many congregants who lived in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Quality of life
Why are gas prices high?; Brown’s top priority: Chocolate milk; People explain why they bike; Clean up after your dogs; Sears interested in our tax breaks; West End library not quite as affordable?; Union asked about transit operations; 2-year terms for Maryland delegates?; And…. Keep reading…
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Urban big boxes are becoming common
A few years ago the idea of a pedestrian friendly big box store was almost unthinkable, but the idea is catching on, with several examples locally and around the country. In this region, the Columbia Heights Target is an obvious example, but not the only one. We also have the Tenleytown Best Buy, and of course, the proposed downtown Wal-Mart. In the suburbs, Gaithersburg’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s historic?
Taller can still be historic; Not historic enough, says HPO; Arlington GOP opposes CaBi; Some Maryland officials support TOD only in theory; Orange plays race card in final weekend; Paying drivers to avoid traffic; DC USA gets more stores; Bus stop proximity by income; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: New people, new money
Census data tells old, new stories; Tackling Metro crime with new money; Metro’s early opening not early enough; Small, local businesses shy away from DC USA; Best of DC for urbanists; Anacostia goings-on; Rethinking car ownership; Growth in one-way, on-the-fly car sharing; And…. Keep reading…