Posts tagged Gabe Klein
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Gabe Klein leaving DDOT
Gabe Klein has announced that he will not be staying at DDOT. Linda Argo is also out at DCRA, and Bryan Sivak at OCTO. However, a number of other Fenty cabinet officials did not get letters asking them to leave. We’ll have more analysis later. Keep reading…
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Tregoning, Klein do represent what residents want
The Committee of 100 sent a letter today to DC Mayor-elect Vince Gray asking him to replace Harriet Tregoning and Gabe Klein as the heads of DC’s Office of Planning and the District Department of Transportation. They claim that the two don’t listen to to public input. But the truth is that they are hearing far more public input than ever before. That public input simply… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s a Klein world after all
100 against Klein, Tregoning; Challenges ahead for Gabe; Wal-Mart coming to DC; Metro has roof and communication troubles; DCDSC doesn’t want to be democratic; Maryland cancels MARC bid; Where should CaBi go next?; Not all of the NPS is a black box; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links and events: We’re watching
All eyes on Gray re: Klein, Tregoning; Audit revealed escalator brake problems; More Silver Line photos; Impending disaster requires patience; Plan the next Circulator; Learning bike infrastructure from the Dutch; Generation Y looking past cars; Improvements coming to NEC. Keep reading…
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Gray transition: bold innovators or a return to Barry?
Which would you rather have running Mayor-elect Vincent Gray’s transportation transition team? A former City Administrator under Marion Barry, who was running the city during the famous episode where Barry flippantly dismissed snow plowing failures while he was at the Super Bowl? Or a former CEO of Amtrak, head of UMD’s smart growth center, and occasional… Keep reading…
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Klein demands better plan for 14th & U
After reviewing the separate streetscape plans for 14th and U Streets, NW, DDOT Director Gabe Klein has asked the 14th Street project team to present a better plan for the key intersection of 14th and U that creates a more distinctive civic space. In deciding that this historic intersection will be designed by the 14th Street project team and not the U Street team, Klein is handing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cabinet shuffling
Rheesigning; Peck for City Administrator?; Road rash of crashes; VA liquor plan gets worse; Get yer historic DC maps; Ban stoplights?; And…. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Gabe Klein
DDOT Director Gabe Klein is hosting a live chat now. Want to know why a CaBi station is getting moved or what’s up with a streetscape? Head over and ask some questions! Keep reading…
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Where could DC make space for pedestrians?
Since the pedestrianization of Broadway, the Times Square Alliance has found that foot traffic in Times Square is up 15%. The BBC has a great video about counting foot traffic in New York’s busiest pedestrian space: What places in our area would be nicer as pedestrian spaces, either part or full time? Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…