Posts tagged Density
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Expanding downtown: Infrastructure matters
Washington, DC is a lucky city. Its downtown has been filled up with new construction over the past few decades to such an extent that it has virtually no space for new office buildings. Some, like Matt Yglesias, have suggested that one way to resolve this problem would be to increase densities by ridding the city of its height limit, which in essence makes it impossible to build structures… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pandemonium
A crazy day in the Wilson Building; ANC 7B opposed to visible buildings; Students to get SmarTrip IDs; Alexandria ponders CaBi entry; Bus pickups move; How state DOTs are bad, like Virginia’s; Harriet on Kojo; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia tea party opposes less government regulation with anti-Smart Growth, “eco-extremist” hysteria
Claiming that “eco-extremists” want to force people to move into “feudalistic transit villages,” a Virginia tea party leader is attacking Virginia’s conservative House speaker for supporting a policy that loosens government regulation over development in some areas of the state. The policy, known as “Urban Development Areas,”… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Different views on buildings
MLK library not so bad?; Brooks’ a part of Brookland evolution; Cyclist loses driver license for getting hit by driver; Walking to school at all-time low; Safety bills die, sprawl bills advance in VA; Back to the future on H Street NE; DC gap $600 million; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Some sunny news, some more gray
The Gray era begins; SmarTrip of the future; Bowser defends density; Tax policy spurred demolitions; Preserve King Farm’s transit limitations?; It’s the pedestrian’s fault there was no crosswalk; Goodbye, shuttles; In case you missed it. Keep reading…
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Want a Trader Joe’s? Then add more residents
Residents in many neighborhoods often say they wish their neighborhood had a Trader Joe’s or other new retail options. There’s only one real way to get such businesses to move in: Add more residents who can shop there. Lydia DePillis writes about some recent zoning fights. Along Georgia Avenue, ANC 4B fought a proposal to build 400 apartments and retail at the Curtis… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop the harassment
Metro PD harasses photographer; DC Council considers bullying law; The plan changed, comprehensively; Are parks a “public good”?; Chesapeake Bay states wrestle with clean-up; The latest anti-bike screed; Melbourne bike share failing; Rich giving up the American dream. Keep reading…
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C100, OP debate zoning update in Georgetown tonight
Tonight, Nancy MacWood of the Committee of 100 and Travis Parker of the Office of Planning will debate the zoning update’s effects on Georgetown this evening at 7:30 pm. Parker heads up the OP’s zoning rewrite effort, and MacWood is both an ANC commissioner in Cleveland Park and a zoning activist in the Committee of 100 on the Federal City. The Citizens’… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smarter suburbs
Reston rising; An even better Frederick; Walter Reed is Metro-accessible; O’Malley, Ehrlich spar; VRE breaks own record; Live atop a church; Be nice, taxi drivers. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Bike share, Bloomingdale and BRAC
What’s the right bikeshare density?; Cycling is safer in numbers; Bloomingdale supports good urbanism; Modest BRAC impact in PG; Loudoun teacher wins big prize; Keynesian economies; No such thing as full employment. Keep reading…