Posts tagged Environment
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Breakfast links: Harping on parking
Mayoral parking debate; Cleaning the Potomac; Public meetings on Dulles rail; Pentagon City street livening up; Ride On cuts take effect; Not quite traffic calming; Broadway a haven for pedestrians; On a less serious note. Keep reading…
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An environmentalist says Gray is greener
The author is Conservation Chair of the DC Sierra Club and a member of the Board of Directors of the national Sierra Club. From an environmental standpoint, the decision between Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray is not difficult. Fenty has repeatedly disappointed with his budget, personnel, and regulatory decisions, while Gray has been the greenest Chairman ever. Four years… Keep reading…
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Brunch links: The road ahead
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Breakfast links: Transportation is for people
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Breakfast links: Slug in the gut for Virginians
WMATA power in play; Slugged; WMATA not protecting women enough?; Dump the pump; Wolf Trap park and ride?; Room on 14th; How public is public space?; 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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Will Tysons halfway plan bolster or doom the future city?
A few anti neighbors aside, Fairfax County leaders and advocates broadly agree with the goal of transforming our nation’s largest and most successful suburban office park district into an urban city, where most residents and workers travel in ways other than single-passenger vehicles. But nobody has done this before on such a scale, and there is less consensus on how, exactly,… Keep reading…
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Weekend links and deep thoughts
Airport carts analogous to cars?; Boston vs. DC or resident vs. driver?; Park all evening but not for free; Two tracks, phew; Clunkers policy a clunker; Crash victim speaks; Sarles speaks, acts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Distracted driving not fine
Not “fine,” even for Redskins; Alexander hits cyclist; Don’t talk to someone while they’re driving; Fear not, aspiring U Street restauranteurs; Stormwater fee or tax?; Don’t fear Smart Growth; Keep riding on instead of building big garage; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building near Metro
Southwest becoming more livable, walkable; Will Grumman be near Metro? Does Leggett know Metro exists?; Tickets getting overturned. Problem?; Battle of the colors; Next up, bottles?; Too much preservation in NYC?; And…. Keep reading…