Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: Better commutes for all
Open data stimulates innovation: We’ve pointed out that if WMATA releases schedule data for Google Transit, not only would we then be able to use Google Transit, but software developers could use the data for who knows what creative purpose. Trainlogic used commuter rail schedules from Boston, New York (Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit), Philadelphia and Chicago… Keep reading…
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An even better Brookland
Take the Metro to U Street, Clarendon, or Bethesda, and you find yourself in the middle of a lively neighborhood. Public plazas, shops and housing fill the surrounding blocks. There’s a feeling of place. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: take the train, save a life
New commute stats: A recent MWCOG survey discovered that one-third of residents of DC, Arlington and Alexandria take transit to work, and ten percent walk. Region-wide, five percent take transit and seven percent walk. Keep reading…
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New council legislation: Third Church, WMATA compact, and more
Last year, Councilmember Jack Evans introduced a bill to exempt recently-designed churches from historic preservation. I and others argued that it could exempt other properties that might be, at the very least, less controversial. Evans withdrew the legislation amid criticism and the primary election; Marion Barry later reintroduced it, but it didn’t come to a vote. Keep reading…
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Nadler transit amendment passes on voice vote
The House just approved Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY)‘s amendment to add $3 billion in transit capital funding to the stimulus. They approved it on a voice vote instead of a roll call. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: many ways to be greater
Better architecture through zoning: New York’s Zoning Act of 1919 directly begat the “iconic ziggurat” style prewar skyscrapers. That law required a specific envelope to preserve light and air, and those shapes, it turns out, maximize the buildable square footage. Too bad they later replaced that zoning rule with a basic Floor Area Ratio one that encouraged… Keep reading…
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Nadler amendment heading to the floor
The House Rules committee cleared Rep. Jerry Nadler’s amendment to add $3 billion in transit funding to the stimulus. It’ll proceed to the House floor for an up-or-down vote. According to Streetsblog, the floor vote might happen as early as noon today. Keep reading…
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Voting rights hearing going on now
The House Committee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is holding a hearing right now on the bill to give DC a vote in Congress (and Utah an extra representative at least until the next Census). Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who introduced the stimulus amendment to add transit funding, chairs the committee. Keep reading…
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Morning coffee stimulus: and now there was one (amendment)
DeFazio amendment out: T4A reports that the DeFazio amendment was “required to be withdrawn” for parliamentary reasons. No real word on what those reasons were, but apparently the Rules Committee heard your voices loud and clear. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: cheap, plentiful parking spaces are like clean coal
I got a new way to park: WebUrbanist finds “15 Creative, Innovative & Hilarious Parking Solutions”, from the giant VW factory cavern to falling into quicksand. Via Planetizen. Keep reading…