Posts tagged Government
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Monday night, Georgetown ANC approved recommendations concerning the University’s 10 Year Campus Plan. This includes the usual complaints about students living off-campus, but also dedicates four pages to concerns about transportation-related issues including objections to campus shuttles traversing the neighborhood. Neighbors have long complained that… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being green
NPS rejects BikeDC; Leggett proposing bag fee; H Street NE gets new trees; Biddle challenges signatures, some oddly; Steps to govern DC; Legislative shenanigans; Buses up for cuts; NYC wrestles with tour buses; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: What are we paying for?
VDOT leases cheap spaces, builds expensive ones; Police search bags while mob attacks riders; Senators ask for Florida HSR money; Philanthropy in all the wrong places?; Community garden plots in demand and disrepair; DC’s arena might have gone to the suburbs; Driver mows down Critical Mass riders; “War” rhetoric over half a percent; And…. Keep reading…
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GAO: Trucking the least efficient mode of freight shipping
Freight transportation, which accounts for nearly a quarter of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, doesn’t get as much attention as passenger transportation because most people don’t feel it affects them as much. But more than 15 million trucks deliver 70 percent of the goods this country consumes — and the GAO says that’s a mistake. The… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thinking about tomorrow
Avoid a DC shutdown; Why not Walmart; Burke wants calmer parkway; Express buses begin on ICC; College Park considering CaBi; Complaints do not equal failure; Biddle challenges opponents’ candidacies; Gray calls for deeper SUV investigation; And…. Keep reading…
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Should DC limit sidewalk cycling in commercial areas?
At this morning’s oversight hearing for the bicycle and pedestrian advisory councils, Councilmember Jack Evans chastised cyclists who speed on jogging trails, and Tommy Wells expressed interest in exploring restrictions on sidewalk cycling in commercial areas of DC. At the start of the meeting, Evans said that he jogs regularly, and cyclists have almost hit him 3 or… Keep reading…
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Is there really a problem with the 15th Street bike lane?
DC Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) claimed this morning that the 15th Street bike lane is “not working” because of the impact on drivers from the new left turn signals. Evans generally emphasized that he supports bike lanes and committed to keeping the lane in place, but criticized the new, two-way version of the 15th Street lane. He said that the turn restrictions… Keep reading…
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Wells’ lightning-fast SUV investigation finds violations
DPW improperly purchased and leased a number of SUVs, including the ones for Council Chairman Kwame Brown, in violation of laws restricting their use, according to a preliminary report from Councilmember Tommy Wells and his staff. Wells requested information from the Department of Public Works last week. His staff must have been working late nights to analyze the data, since… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cuts have an impact
911 drops calls during furlough; High school closures a possiblity; VA pols fight WMATA cut; DC cuts solar energy help; Are neighbors an obstacle to great higher ed?; WABA plans Ward 8 outreach; Why don’t grocery stores have congestion pricing?; Reducing zoning increases parking rules; And…. Keep reading…
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National teachers’ union being constructive on performance
Randi Weingarten, head of the national American Federation for Teachers, has endorsed evaluating teachers’ performance and a system for firing ones that perform poorly, Matt Yglesias points out. Sometimes schools unfairly try to fire a teacher who doesn’t deserve it, but it’s clear that there are a number of bad teachers in schools who do deserve firing. Keep reading…