Posts tagged Environment
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Constructive stormwater management proposals emerge in Virginia
When the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) unveiled proposals for amended stormwater regulations this past spring, some observers were concerned that the stricter regulations would make denser development, and redevelopment of existing sites in particular, more expensive relative to low-density development. This would likely not bode well for smart… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Economic solutions, bureaucratic problems
Sluggers not hot on HOT; Yes, pricing existing lanes would be better; Get paid to move closer to work?; Washington Gas renegs on Capital City Diner; New private roads still create “silos”; Too much work to listen?; Now vs. then’s view of now. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In talks
Mount Vernon Square Garden?; A dome or a neighborhood?; Three years of Berliner; More concrete than crystal; New parks, cheap; If parking spaces could vote, they’d be set; Death and life of cute dresses. Keep reading…
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Green companies’ marketers miss the point
The Spectrum Condominium in downtown Falls Church markets itself as “a vibrant new eco-friendly condominium.” They tout the benefits of living in a walkable downtown with good bus service and near Metro: Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Switch
Try solar?; Don’t dump Zipcar yet; We’re impressive; Win free transit!; City of College Parking; Reading about Moses; Smarter rankings; Recession’s effects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We all need a little calming
Head under la hood; A fancy bridge doesn’t make it green; Breaking out of “two leg perspective”; Speed cameras working; How about in Southeast?; Not a ham sandwich; Our streets belong to drivers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Bikes, parks, and parking bikes
Stop it, guys; Truck hit by cyclist, poor truck; Congressmen spend more time at the mall than the Mall; Recreation? That’s not what parks are for!; Which neighborhood will get extremely green?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In the east and the south
Greenmonston; Now the “rural until a developer shows interest” tier; MARC-oriented development at Bowie State; Not so minor; What are DDOT’s streetcar plans?; DCPL in the now; Then and now, overlaid; Atkins or South Beach road diet?. Keep reading…
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Time to ground the Washington Flyer
Travelers to and from Dulles airport probably wonder why there is a monopoly taxi service, the Washington Flyer, serving the airport. I am aware of only one other major US airport that has a monopoly taxi service. With rising concerns about climate change and the DC area’s status as a non-attainment area for air pollution, the millions of empty miles taxis drive due to this anachronistic… Keep reading…