Posts tagged Georgetown
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Breakfast links: Policy problems
Serving all vs curbing fraud; Gas stations forever; Working on the railroad; Artistic vision; Pay to play; No AP for you!; Subsidy subversion; Bike Blitzkrieg; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Riding and Walking
Fewer trains; Because they’re happy; Get around; Walk this way; Wider walkways; Rising rates; Waiting game; You’re the best; Historic NIMBY; Seek and you shall find. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget season
Housing the homeless; Funding transit; Repeat a grade; In my day; Drop your weapons; City and country; Safety dance; Safety data; Anti pop-up candidate; Weigh in. Keep reading…
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Mayor Bowser announces new “Funiculator” initiative
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. This morning at a press conference in Foggy Bottom, Mayor Bowser announced a proposal for a new method of getting commuters across the Potomac. Under her plan, the District Department of Transportation will construct a pair of inclines across the river to link the Kennedy Center with Rosslyn. Keep reading…
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Muriel Bowser promises to finish the DC streetcar from Georgetown to Ward 7
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser gave the annual State of the District address Tuesday night. Among many other statements, one caught the eye of most reporters, people on Twitter, and others: She has definitively decided to finish the main east-west streetcar line. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: Where do you enjoy the outdoors?
With spring weather almost here, it’s time to get out and enjoy the less concrete-filled parts of our region. We asked our contributors to tell us about their favorite outdoor spots and why they love them. We also gave bonus points for places you can get to by transit! The answers were as wide-reaching as our contributor base itself, but the District had the highest concentration… Keep reading…
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Imagine a Kennedy Center that’s part of downtown
The Kennedy Center is a marble island cut off from downtown by highways. What if instead, it was the heart of a new urban neighborhood linking Georgetown and the National Mall? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make way for the bus
16th St under scrutiny; Visioning zero; Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle; College planning; Still say no; Driving crime down; Unaffordable Arlington; Woodridge on the rise; Go go gondola; And…. Keep reading…
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Cities worldwide are building beautiful, landmark pedestrian and bicycle bridges. Could Georgetown be next?
A new bicycle and pedestrian bridge may one day connect Georgetown with Roosevelt Island. Some recent bridges like this in other cities have become iconic landmarks. Could DC do the same and compensate for its freqently lackluster bridge designs? Here are a few of the world’s great pedestrian bridges. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit tactics
Service saved?; Addicted to Koch; Landlords make the rules; Local progress, national setback; Uber strikes a deal; On the patrol; Ancient cities; And…. Keep reading…