Posts tagged Florida
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Morning bell: Summertime brings sleepy elections and losses in learning
A new face on the DC State Board of Education: Only 3% of eligible voters turned out for Tuesday’s special election for the vacant Ward 8 seat. But that was enough for Tierra Jolly, who won with 704 votes. (Post) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Countdown to opening
Blue Line frequency cuts cause frustration; The story so far; Travel delays prevalent around the region; Dealing with the racial wealth gap; Don’t ban apps, price parking correctly; Bike sharing for work and pleasure; Bikeshare deal in the works; Congestion grows less quickly with rail; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cross safely
75 years of pedestrian signals; Mostly pedestrian’s fault?; Fast track for Bi-County?; More roads not the answer; Preservation threatens deal; More transit to museum; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where to live?
Where the rent isn’t too high; Affordable housing aids other goals; Microunits show fancy face; Some Virginians vote Tuesday; From Fred Flintstone to mixed-use; App data also helps planners; Wind turbines’ impacts cause delays; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ain’t easy being transit
Why a bus lane is politically hard; Mini Metro shows real pressures; The waterfront will change; Rejected again; They still like Gehry’s Ike; Big concrete hot potato; Successful cities are growing less; New bike mecca: Pittsburgh; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Residential growth, sans parking
Less parking, please; No more parking at apartments; More hearings for zoning rewrite; CaBi continues to grow; What DC would (not) look without height limit; Gaithersburg to tackle bike-friendly streets; Minimum wage week for Wells. Keep reading…
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Semi-holiday links: Urban revival
Lording it over White Flint; Graham still reprimanded; Orange hurts DC autonomy?; People love balconies; Craft beer saving cities?; Florida wants less ped safety; And…. Keep reading…
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America’s most efficient city is… Miami?
DC may be tops when it comes to green roofs, but the region stands out less on a more impactful environmental indicator: how efficiently our infrastructure is laid out. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Against cuts
Keep the arts; Adios at Stuart-Hobson?; Boundary plan delayed; Activists sue to stop closures; “Principal of the year” leaving; Atlanta teachers indicted for cheating; NJ preschool shows long-term benefits; All teachers are good?; CT raising graduation requirements. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go at Metro
Faster Metro development; Sarles to 2016?; Transportation bill constitutional?; I’d hammer out a new waterfront plan; No victory for three feet; Watch out for expensive cars; People actually fed; A new standard; So close, yet so far; And…. Keep reading…