Posts tagged Dpw
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Wells would keep Circulator fare, expand CaBi, and more
Tommy Wells would like to keep the Circulator fare at $1, add 40 more Capital Bikeshare stations, hire needed people at DDOT including a parking czar, set up performance parking on H Street, fund green alleys, and more. Increased residential parking fees, including for households with extra vehicles, and some higher fines will pay for these priorities. These are some of the recommendations… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shutdown everything
Park Police won’t do events, MPD will; Public safety partially essential; Services that will continue; Furloughed workers can file unemployment; WMATA clarifies potential cuts; Wheaton Costco debate continues; Black History Museum design revised; And…. Keep reading…
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Fleet share can save DC more money
DC can kill two political birds with one stone: Save money, and respond to public frustration about official vehicles, by aggressively replacing most government vehicles with fleet sharing. At the Council hearing on SUVgate on March 7, DPW Director Bill Howland said that if he had a “magic wand,” he would take away almost all dedicated agency vehicles and replace… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Full of contradictions
VA wants cheap Dulles station; Robbery footage released; Manufactured bike lane opposition; Health impact of SE bike lane; Metro to lengthen some trains; Liberal NIMBYism in our back yard; NFL owners forget public financing; Landover Redskins?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Friction over lanes
Gabe Klein busts illegal parkers; Real economists get bike lanes; NYC BRT “creeps” downward; John Galt had a high-speed train; Idaho and New Mexico Stop?; DC’s heliport may reopen; FTC HQ Mica’s only priority; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tackling crime
Electronic thefts up on Metro; To catch a Metro thief; Bollards not boutiques for Poplar Point?; Cab fares won’t be capped; Wells investigating city vehicles; Howard County proactive on aggressive driving; Maryland considers reckless driving bill; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT reminding property owners to shovel sidewalks
As DC prepares for some snow tonight, DDOT and DPW are taking clear steps to remind property owners that they are legally required to shovel sidewalks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go and stop on HSR
90 minutes to Richmond; No HSR for Palo Alto; Columbia for transit; Safe bike parking at school; What is the “area” for affordable housing?; Zoning marathon in PG; Potomac Yard neighbors protest taxes; Fight graffiti with art; And…. Keep reading…
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Let’s replace Cash-for-Trash with Pay-as-you-Throw
Does it seem fair that some households produce up to a dozen trash bags per week while their neighbors, who pay the same taxes, produce few if any trash bags but plenty of recycling and sometimes compost? That’s what happens in all Washington-area municipalities, but more than 7,000 municipalities nationwide covering 25% of the population have rejected this “cash-for-trash”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Secrets and plans
Problems aren’t secret, solutions shouldn’t be; Hearing a better snow plan; Town Centers the future of suburbs?; Recycle, really; New Arlington bike map; Them’s the breaks?; Funding runs out at USDOT. Keep reading…