Posts tagged Georgetown
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C100, OP debate zoning update in Georgetown tonight
Tonight, Nancy MacWood of the Committee of 100 and Travis Parker of the Office of Planning will debate the zoning update’s effects on Georgetown this evening at 7:30 pm. Parker heads up the OP’s zoning rewrite effort, and MacWood is both an ANC commissioner in Cleveland Park and a zoning activist in the Committee of 100 on the Federal City. The Citizens’… Keep reading…
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Raise residential parking fees on second and third cars first
Last Thursday, the Washington Post reported that as part of his final effort to close the city’s budget gap, Adrian Fenty is considering doubling the fee for residential parking passes. This is not a bad idea, but a better one would be to raise RPP fees for the 2nd and 3rd car. We charge a laughably small fee for street parking: $15 a year. Only in the world of cars is it considered… 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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Breakfast links: At the market
Free marketeers for government subsidies; Market-rate hate crimes; Reckless driver sues victim’s family; Gray might raise parking taxes; Tregoning for DMPED?; Security theater proliferates at area airports; NoMA is in good shape; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Truthiness in numbers
Restoring sanity to crowd estimates; Keeping fear of packed trains alive; Better know a District; Better leave a District; The Square Report; The Wørd: unbowed; Indecision 2010; Your moment of Zen. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Down in the tunnels
Entrance’s prospects still foggy; Where’s the “safety culture”?; NextBus and reroutes don’t mix; If transit causes gentrification, why not in PG?; Green Fort Lincoln (except the parking ocean); Road closures in DC this weekend; Questions about place. Keep reading…
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Under the trees in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Local developers learning
Parking minimums can bring profit maximums; Scaling down with the Joneses; Health projects funded instead of BRAC; “Hipster Express” ties U Street, Brooklyn; Food fights; Not another Adams Morgan!; Drivers not behaving in bike lanes, so remove the lanes?; Sincerest form of flattery. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Adding bike laws and infrastructure
New bike laws in Maryland; Georgetown CaBi stations; Floating around; More superhighways; Hard to hail a cab; Getting schooled in Washington; One less Michael Brown. Keep reading…
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Georgetown’s Wisconsin Avenue needs an overhaul
Does anyone actually like Wisconsin Avenue? Whether you’re walking on it, biking on it, driving on it, it’s almost guaranteed to be an unpleasant experience. But it doesn’t have to be that way, particularly for pedestrians. Some simple changes to the way Wisconsin Ave. is shaped could dramatically improve the pedestrian experience, without significant… Keep reading…