Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Routes to school and the route for a school
Bright future for Hine; Stifling routes to school?; Buses vs. people; Camper bike; Wisconsin without Circulator?; Not your father’s affordable housing; McCain, Coburn: Everything but highways is “wasteful”. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alphabet soup and libertarians
Walk and Roll for smoothies; Soft on sidewalks?; CTA goes open; AAA OK: Bikes are OK; Hawkins to lead WASA; Let the market decide except in parking?; Houston does have zoning. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Metro breaking
Labor and Metro; ACT launches 270 transit campaign; Build part Yellow, part Green; Bus Really-slow Transit?; Whtie House farmer’s market; No longer in decline; Bike racks getting fixed; Metro employee struck by train. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back in the east
Live to teach; Still the only way on WTOP; Is it working?; Social pressure another weapon against distracted driving; “Ghost bike” intersection gets a sign; Not loving the heart sculptures; Meccarail; The really conservative position. Keep reading…
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Howard Town Center racing to hit the low bar
On Monday evening, CastleRock Partners, the development team selected by Howard University after a decades-long back-story for its Howard Town Center project on Georgia Avenue at V Street, presented its concept for the site at a meeting hosted by the Pleasant Plains Civic Association. Keep reading…
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New Cooke school bike racks too close together, too close to wall
The H.D. Cooke Elementary School in Adams Morgan was just renovated, with an addition containing a gym and cafetorium, a modernized library and media center, new playing fields and more. The renovation also included some bicycle racks. Unfortunately, parents, staff and students discovered that the racks were installed too close together and too close to the wall, limiting the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Human power
Let ‘em walk?; Laurel walking ahead; Quick links; RT seen my bike?; Two bicycle fatalities in Virginia; CNN aired graphic video; ‘Accident’ out at NY AAA; MoCo plans on Kojo. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crack the cycle
Metro mishaps; Researchers work on more accurate predictions; Pro-transit 270 letter making the rounds; Fruit is okay?; Stop the rage; The Franklin not-school; The Senate on infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Friday meta-discussion: Education?
Several comment threads about urbanism have brought up a key topic that we don’t discuss very much here: Education. People who don’t have kids, empty nesters, and those able to afford private school don’t worry about schools on a day-to-day basis, but it’s extremely important for everyone else, and they represent a huge share of the population. For most… Keep reading…
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Youth sports and the automobile
It’s August, the time of year where I return to my favorite volunteer activity: coaching youth football in Silver Spring. Youth sports, despite my lack of athletic prowess, were a big part of my childhood and were probably the only thing that kept me reaching the age of 20 with any semblance of physical conditioning. To a suburban child, youth sports will offer exercise and teach… Keep reading…