Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: Big steps for Metro
Metro recommends Red Line fix; Metrobus changes coming; More open data in DC; Evans wants to bring ‘Skins back; Fairfax ponders road takeover; Federal pay freeze would add up in DC; Alternate Metro map poster for sale; DC owed millions in property taxes; And…. Keep reading…
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How can DC fix the liquor license process?
A number of businesses’ recent tangles with DC’s liquor license process has clearly shown the need for reform. The long saga of Hank’s Oyster Bar in Dupont Circle clearly demonstrates the flaws as well as some strengths of the current system. Back in 2005, Jamie Leeds wanted to open a restaurant on Q Street NW just east of 17th Street. However, a number of residents… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop the harassment
Metro PD harasses photographer; DC Council considers bullying law; The plan changed, comprehensively; Are parks a “public good”?; Chesapeake Bay states wrestle with clean-up; The latest anti-bike screed; Melbourne bike share failing; Rich giving up the American dream. Keep reading…
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Georgetown ANC debates additional CaBi stations tonight
Georgetown’s 4 Capital Bikeshare stations surround the neighborhood, but avoid the residential area and its 8,500 residents entirely. Tonight, the ANC will discuss the possibility of expanding CaBi into the neighborhood. If you want to see more CaBi stations in the Georgetown neighborhood, it’s important for you to show up and tell the ANC why you want… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Be thankful
DC becoming bike-friendlier; A lot to be thankful for in DC neighborhoods; Breakthroughs in 2010; Bike hit-and-run in Mt. Vernon Triangle; Gray’s slow transition irks some; Full body scanners on the Metro?; BWI rail platforms reopen; Is there a subtext to parking debates?; And…. Keep reading…
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White House has a “secret” CaBi station
There is one Capital Bikeshare station that doesn’t show up on the online map: the White House station. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good news in MoCo
Hans Riemer for better transit, smart growth; New central MoCo middle school; First look at DC Wal-Marts; Arboretum to destroy azalea exhibit; Flood wall on Mall not enough; Third Church project gets JBG money; TSA policies could have deadly consequences; Bike hate in the Big Apple; And…. Keep reading…
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Downtown needs a school more than a boutique hotel
Representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the DC Department of Real Estate Services got an earful last Thursday night at a hearing on the proposed plan to declare the Franklin School building a surplus property. Declaring it surplus would clear the way to sell or lease the building, located at 13th and K Streets NW, to a private developer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good tech, bad tech
Paris loosens height limit; Solar panels face obstacles; VRE moving on Wi-Fi; GPS use may hinder memory; Reactions to C100 v. GGW; Arlington Trader Joe’s gets dedicated parking; Tysons Black Friday now and future; NYC rolls back bike lanes; And…. Keep reading…
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Streetcars aren’t toys, buses aren’t about respect
On Wednesday, 22 residents and business owners testified before the DC Council about DDOT’s citywide streetcar plan and the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line. This is my testimony. Good afternoon, my name is Ken Archer. I live in Georgetown with my wife and 2-year-old son. I am here to express my strong support for the comprehensive plan prepared for the Streetcar Project. I… Keep reading…