Posts tagged Forest Hills
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Top posts of 2021: Where segregation has changed in DC — and where it hasn’t
A recent report found that DC, like many US cities, is actually more segregated than it was in 1990 — but the racial and ethnic makeup of many individual neighborhoods has changed over time. Keep reading…
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Where segregation has changed in DC — and where it hasn’t
A recent report found that DC, like many US cities, is actually more segregated than it was in 1990 — but the racial and ethnic makeup of many individual neighborhoods has changed over time. Keep reading…
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How DC can build more homes in exclusive neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park
It’s hard to build nearly anything other than a single-family house in DC’s wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s stated goal to build 36,000 units of new housing in DC by 2025 is likely to run up against the fact that neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are zoned nearly entirely for single-family homes, don’t allow denser types of homes by default. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A city of contrasts
Gimme shelter; Council votes to decriminalize pot; Too noisy?; Washington Flyer fare falling; House of worship to housing; To build or not to build?; The psychology of cities; More cyclists, more rule followers; The cost of not investing; And…. Keep reading…
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Upper NW study suggests traffic calming, bike boulevards
DDOT has completed its “livability” study for upper Northwest neighborhoods, which recommends a number of changes to calm speeding traffic and improve pedestrian and bicycle safety. The study focused on Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase DC, Forest Hills, AU Park, and Tenleytown. DDOT tabulated motor vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle crashes; surveyed residents… Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 2: Nancy Szemraj
At Friday’s hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement. Nancy Szemraj explained how her daughter was hit last June, while crossing Connecticut Avenue at Macomb Street, by a driver running a red light, and suffered long-term physical and emotional scars. Keep reading…