Posts tagged Government
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Live chat on activating federal places next Thursday
Federal buildings don’t have to be forbidding fortresses whose only engagement with the city is to create traffic in and out each day. Yet many of our federal buildings fail to interact with the city around them, adding nothing except sometimes-attractive architecture to the streetscape. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Setting a date
Capital Bikeshare to start September 20th; Is DC pedestrian unfriendly?; DC’s neglected Civil War history; Free WiFi on the Mall; Stadiums die, debt lives on; Linking cabs and passengers; Obama infrastructure proposal, political reality at odds; Fear vs. Reality. Keep reading…
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Don’t block the box… or else?
Imagine this: A driver in his car approaches a traffic light in downtown Washington. The light is green, so the driver crosses into the intersection but can’t make it all the way across before being forced to stop behind a line of other cars. Before the driver can move through the intersection, the light changes to red. Now he or she is blocking cross traffic from moving through… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Ideas on the move
Jaywalking no more; Pay to speed; The future of I-95; Barcelona’s experience with LED street lights; G-affordable housing; Transit advocacy a decade ago; Transit strikes in London, Paris; Public health experts missing the point. Keep reading…
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Why is the Circulator now one way on K Street?
Communications problems aside, a number of residents aren’t sure they’re so happy about DDOT rerouting the Georgetown-Union station route to run west on lower K Street while keeping the eastbound route on M Street. First and foremost, why run on K Street at all? Aaron Overman, Deputy Director for Progressive Transportation Services, confirmed that DDOT… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the road again
Get ready for Traffic Tuesday; Fairfax connector to finally connect; Circulator stops to get barcodes; DC drivers worst in US; Adams Morgan restaurants protest market; Arlington may take over Columbia Pike; No more arcades; ART to increase connectivity. Keep reading…
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Brown and Orange talk parking tickets
An Alexandria resident and former DC resident called into Friday’s WAMU Politics Hour to ask Kwame Brown and Vincent Orange, the candidates for DC Council Chairman, about parking: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety costs
Closures on the Red Line; Mayoral candidates on long-range planning; Let there be new energy efficient lights; Paying the price for safety; Charm City Circulator not so charming; One stop tranportation info shop; Turn right at the new paradigm. Keep reading…
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Teens and young adults aren’t mosquitoes
If you’re under 25, you’re not quite welcome in Chinatown. A new “Mosquito” device at the street level of the Metro entrance at 7th & H Streets in Chinatown is emitting shrill noise at 18 KHz, a high frequency that only young people can hear. Similar devices have been installed in Britain with the same purpose of discouraging young people from… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A difference of opinions
Tyranny of the minorty; Back and forth on parking minimums; Political soap opera; Trading barbs; The road not driven; Ban overboard; Feet in an actual street. Keep reading…