Posts tagged Gabe Klein
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Breakfast links: Law and Order
Commuter scofflaws get amnesty; We know so little about crime; Tourmobile contract invalid?; How to legalize urbanism; Bethesda ditches nostalgic buses; No brain drain at DDOT?; Is CaBi becoming a victim of its own success?; Bike lanes on Oregon Ave?; And…. Keep reading…
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Will the DDOT brain drain and low morale continue?
Councilmember Tommy Wells announced late Friday night that Scott Kubly, the official in charge of the streetcar, Circulator, and Capital Bikeshare, is leaving DDOT. This contributes to a worrisome pattern of good officials quitting amid declining morale. Kubly is leaving only 2 months after the departures of Karina Ricks, head of DDOT’s Policy and Planning department,… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: A Sunday stroll around the nation
Charm City is walkable, too; Walking on the dock of the bay; Jan Gehl explains walkable cities; So. Maryland gets smart about growth; Klein dreams big for Chicago; Senate skeptical of ethanol subsidies; Can cars be “green”?; Atlantans warming to rail. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: How to improve
Good schools help cities or vice versa?; ANC wants changes for Walmart; Why the hating on neighborhoods?; Transportation is political in Virginia; Just what transit needs: TSA screening; Crashes around the region; Klein bringing bus shelter screens to Chicago; Watch young planners showcasing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad old days
Scandals are the 80s all over again?; Thomas, get out; Hit and run, alcohol and PTSD; Where are the rent controlled apartments?; Pile of twisted metal or triumphal arch?; New Hampshire may weigh in on DC statehood; HOT builder bowing out?; Gabe putting in bike lanes; Auto executives for higher gas taxes. Keep reading…
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Karina Ricks, Leah Treat leaving DDOT
Karina Ricks, head of DDOT’s Policy and Planning department, is leaving DDOT, David Schultz is reporting. Leah Treat, head of finance, will also leave to work for Gabe Klein in Chicago. Keep reading…
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Gabe Klein going to Chicago
Chicago’s next mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has nominated Gabe Klein to run that city’s DOT. Emanuel has committed to build 100 miles of bike lanes in his first term, and ran on a strong pro-transit platform. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Friction over lanes
Gabe Klein busts illegal parkers; Real economists get bike lanes; NYC BRT “creeps” downward; John Galt had a high-speed train; Idaho and New Mexico Stop?; DC’s heliport may reopen; FTC HQ Mica’s only priority; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pandemonium
A crazy day in the Wilson Building; ANC 7B opposed to visible buildings; Students to get SmarTrip IDs; Alexandria ponders CaBi entry; Bus pickups move; How state DOTs are bad, like Virginia’s; Harriet on Kojo; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the streets of Arlington
Cyclist doored, police don’t take report; Arlington rejects design by fire truck; Is Rosslyn evolving?; Klein defends DDOT; Businesses fight late-night cuts; Various guards don’t know you can photograph buildings; Coucil may raid solar rebates; News without wires; And…. Keep reading…