Posts tagged H Street
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Breakfast links: Fewer taxes, longer names
Union Station tax break back?; More Metro station name creep; Maryland marks lowest turnout ever; Arlington County struggles with parking garage; Debating HOT Lanes; What to do with little parks; Prefab rowhouses don’t cut it; Cracking through pavement. Keep reading…
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WMATA plans new X9, Virginia and Greenbelt bus changes
This morning, a committee of the WMATA Board approved a set of changes to bus service including a new X9 line in DC, replacing the 16A and 16B 13A and 13B with extended 16F and 7E routes in Arlington and Fairfax, and a restructuring of bus service in Greenbelt. The new X9 line would add limited-stop service on the high ridership H Street and Benning Road line. The express would connect… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Happy hour tonight on H Street, plus Alexandria tour, open data, BRAC, Connecticut Ave
Tonight is the latest in our series of Greater Greater Washington happy hours. Join us at Biergarten Haus, 1355 H Street NE, starting at 6:30. There are happy hour drink specials until 7:00, but we’ll of course stay longer than that. You can get there by X1, X2, X3, X8, or B2 buses, bicycle, car, or if you have a time machine, go into the future, ride the streetcar, then come back… Keep reading…
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Barry surprised at streetcar plan from Barry mayoralty
During the streetcar debate, Councilmember Marion Barry (Ward 8) has repeatedly expressed puzzlement that a streetcar is planned on H Street. He seems to think the idea suddenly appeared out of the blue. However, he shouldn’t be surprised: his own administration published a plan with that very project in 1997. During Tuesday’s discussion of the streetcar overhead… Keep reading…
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I’m talking about technology and transportation
This week is Digital Capital Week, and today’s theme is Media 2.0, meaning there are a lot of events about the future of media including a few where I’ll be speaking. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Choice of spots
Off the bus, nowhere to go; Spots for trails?; Hit and runs and intentional hits; Mayoral candidates want our vote; We’re bohemian, and have Thai; Too many cars; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and money
Speak for streetcars; Metro money matters; Indifferent employees; Why do people take transit?; If it’s AAA, it leads; Not enough government in Maryland?; Flip him the smiley face; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today!
Bike to work, avoid dogs; Bye townhouses, hello parking?; On New York Avenue; More residential for Tysons; Oh great, loud grates; Know a hit-and-run driver in Frederick?; Soda tax? Probably not; MARC hits a new mark. Keep reading…
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DDOT reveals more streetcar details in Trinidad
Residents heard about the maintenance yard for the H Street NE streetcar line, how it will tie in to Union Station, and how the streetcars will be powered at Tuesday’s meeting hosted by DDOT in Ward 5’s Trinidad community. DDOT’s Scott Kubly presented illustrations to the packed gymnasium at Wheatley Education Campus showing how the western end of the H Street… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Governments for questionable urbanism
Left hand plans transit, right hand adds parking; Why the hate for form-based codes?; Cycle-assaulting teens busted; New bike infrastructure; Keeping you Posted; Ben’s on every corner; Cable cars and the blue castle. Keep reading…