Posts tagged Environment
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Breakfast links: Great year for Amtrak
Amtrak posts record numbers; Falls Church’s expensive real estate; New parking passes on the way; Why don’t people move?; Wheaton gets apartments for Millennials; Shutdown shorts; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running on Empty
Shutdown impact grows; Gray proposes environmental legislation; 3 vie for last PG casino license; Rough day on Metro; Heating plant plans heat up; Fare hike coming?; ICC traffic increasing; Cab drivers file suit; Kilpatrick gets 28 years; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: It’s getting warmer
The federal government is still closed, but this week you can still talk about how climate change affects your health, get updates on the Purple Line, explore the changing character of Brookland, and help to make Florida Avenue safer at events across the region. Update on the Purple Line: Tomorrow, the Action Committee for Transit hosts Mike Madden of the Maryland Transit Administration… Keep reading…
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Divestment helps local governments fight climate change
Climate change is real and happening faster than scientists ever predicted, posing devastating impacts for our low-lying and vulnerable region. So how are local governments responding to the crisis? Activists want DC to divest, or take its money out of fossil fuel stocks as one way to demonstrate its commitment to urgent action. Tomorrow, DC Divest will hold an event to educate… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State the obvious
Did this sign reduce automobile crashes?; The Donald Trump show; Too much affordable housing?; Few changes for Height Act; Is the NCPC wrong?; Fight over Ten Mile Creek; Bethesda bikeshare stations almost ready; DC Brau triples output; Unions will build soccer stadium; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New heights
Imagine DC with (slightly) taller buildings; Virginia funds projects; Virginia counties squabble over businesses; PG OKs affordable housing bill; It’s another autonomy bill; Takoma Park blocks pesticides; Rural areas more dangerous than cities?; More Americans drive to work. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dry heat
Water shutoff starts for PG County; Water OK on Metro; Metro launches bike registration; Environmentalists for golf courses; MoCo plan divides BRT supporters; Streetcars nearing final stretch; Will Gray run again?; Howard project goes to court; Georgetown eyes Walter Reed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to ride
Streetcars by end of 2013, probably; Where’d you come from?; Really?; The quality of buses; Should FBI go?; ANCs not audited; BART not going anywhere; NYC taxes hurt renters; And…. Keep reading…
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Clarksburg residents call to protect environment, add transit
The 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan envisioned a “transit- and pedestrian-oriented community” in upper Montgomery County with comprehensive transit service, a bustling town center, and phased development to protect the environment. 20 years later, many residents feel the promises have been broken. Instead, Clarksburg has little transit, no town center, and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Regulatory choices
Large retailers may have to pay more; Food truck rules going down; NPS stepping back on Penn; Utility problems; Compare bikeshare geographically; Companies quiet on transit nationally; And …. Keep reading…