Posts tagged Gabe Klein
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Breakfast links: More security
Naval Observatory getting more security; CaBi’s the latest example; Foreclosures down, short sales up; More credit card meters; Putting Twitter to good use; Southwest gets closer to National; Windshield perspective for couch potatoes; Masdar on the rise; And…. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Happy hour, NYC panel, Greenbelt bike tour, festivals and many more tours
A couple of great events are coming up over the next few weeks, including the WalkingTownDC walking and biking tours and a number of neighborhood festivals tomorrow. GGW happy hour: Join GGW on Thursday October 7 at the Laughing Man for drinks and conversation. We’ll be starting at 6 pm and we’ll stick around for a couple hours. Laughing Man is at 1306 G Street NW, near… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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Arlington chair says keep Tregoning and Klein
Arlington County Board chairman Jay Fisette encouraged Vince Gray to keep Gabe Klein and Harriet Tregoning, saying, “they’re regional, not insular or parochial,” and “I can’t imagine having better folks in those jobs than they do now.” We completely agree. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Endangered peds, bikes and parking spaces
Why Prince Georgians jaywalk; Cyclist hit on Clarendon Boulevard; Van Ness project wants no parking; DC plans climate action; DDOT parking meter pilot survey; Nightlife at heart of ANC contests; Women lead surge in urban biking; Obama’s helmet is effeminate, cowardly. Keep reading…
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Should urbanists be nervous about Vince Gray? Part 5: Who would Gray hire?
Adrian Fenty says he focuses on the big picure and hires “A+” people. I’d say some are A+, some A-, a few B- or C. Would Vince Gray hire A+ people? Would he keep some of Fenty’s on? Would he hire even more A+ people than Fenty has? I wish Gray would come up with a list of cabinet appointees now, because it would make the decision of who to vote for for Mayor much easier. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step at a time
Take this lock and stick it; Metro opens data; Getting to work; We aren’t getting any younger; No turn on red; You don’t say. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 8 pedestrians, 4 cyclists
On Wednesday’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, DDOT Director Gabe Klein said: Keep reading…
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Should urbanists be nervous about Vince Gray? Part 1
Especially since the streetcar funding debacle, many urbanists have viewed Vincent Gray’s candidacy for Mayor with some trepidation. Certainly Adrian Fenty has his problems, but at the same time he’s pushed hard for streetcars, bike lanes, and more housing (though not always affordable housing), and turned over planning and transportation to two excellent… Keep reading…
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Design-build may look like lack of planning, but isn’t
Is DDOT under Gabe Klein dismissive of planning, throwing caution to the wind as it builds a bike lane here and a streetcar line there? Or does this objection reflect an outdated view of how project planning should be done? Gabe Klein comes from the business world and has said several times he wants to run DDOT like a business. To understand how he might do that, we should… Keep reading…