Posts tagged Gun Control
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Breakfast links: Ride and learn
Better understand the Silver Line; Gripes on the Metro; Transfer delays dissuade transit riders; Drive-by wounds 13 in NoMA; KIPP wants to build at Randall; Too many schools?; Washington isn’t richest; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting there quicker?
Moving more quickly in the city; Local commuters shift to transit; Pay attention to DC’s gun victims; Courts may end DC’s concealed weapons ban; Longer library hours?; Tide turning on national VMT study?; Rising wealth reshapes region; And…; Conributors nominated as best “tweeps”. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: CaBi to the Mall and the store
The Mall may get 5 CaBi stations; Walmart may add stations too; But is it enforceable?; Montgomery curfew dead for now; Franklin Shelter? Not so fast; Food stamps up, not down; Arlington eyes office building; Ehrlich blames everyone else; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumper weekend
Driver strikes 3 protestors… intentionally?; WMATA wants to break radio silence; Borrowing is the new stealing?; Attend a town hall by hashtag; Gentrification, or more diversity?; DC Democrats become less democratic; RI Ave ped/bike bridge moving forward; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you can’t have
Chinatown development scaled down… again; Parking permit exclusion among new bills; MoCo goes for mixed-use; Lawn mowing contract creates buzz; Why a fee shifting bill for cyclists?; Misspelled signs vanish quickly; Bikeshare-style car sharing launches in Paris; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Signs of the times
Ugly signs protest development; Will Capitol surface parking ever go away?; Route 1 to be more friendly; Take MLK from MLK to MLK; The Ward 4 WMATA Board; CaBi sets records on the 4th; Amtrak privitization faces the 5th Amendment; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Zoning and the Bill of Rights
Zoning & 1st Amendment collide; Zoning & 2nd Amendment collide; Brown v. BOEE; Metro offers a sneak peek of the future; Many bidders for car share spaces; Walmart waited for its DC debut; Speed cameras come to PG; Sheiks shun Shaw; And…. Keep reading…
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How much federal money does DC actually get?
Opponents of DC budget autonomy often cite Congressional funding for the city’s budget as justification of federal meddling in DC affairs. But it turns out several states rely on federal largesse even more than the District. A Congressional appropriations subcommittee recently passed a $637 million payment to the District that includes a number of provisions detailing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What feds are up to
Amtrak privatization plan stirs debate; House keeps riders, doesn’t add more; Park Police make things up; FBI tried hard to bribe Graham; Metro getting safer; Henderson: Still effective, more friendly; On the sidewalk; Bus lanes go far, almost. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shooting ourselves in the foot
APTA says scrutinize bag searches; Wealthier DC residents registering guns; The ICC’s mixed blessing; People coming into DCPS; Metro escalators are worse than they used to be; What should go at Rhode Island Avenue?; Home rule history has its ironies; Green homes bad, books good?. Keep reading…