Posts tagged Harriet Tregoning
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Breakfast links: Go multimodal
Route 7 for all; Decking 66; Town of Chevy Chase: it’s on; Meanwhile, a modest proposal; Clearing the CCT; Pothole patrol; A condo in a downward spiral; French railway reparations?; Post picks Bowser; And…. Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning looks back on her time as planning director
Harriet Tregoning, DC’s planning director since 2007, is leaving to take a job with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. During her years at the helm of the Office of Planning, she has pushed DC to adopt smart-growth policies touching nearly every aspect of the city: land use, transportation, the economy, and more. Her influence has been felt. If nothing… Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning is leaving the DC Office of Planning
Harriet Tregoning, head of DC’s Office of Planning, will step down from her post on February 23 to work for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, DCist reported. Tregoning has been one of the region’s leaders around smart growth. She pushed for helping the city grow and locating new housing, jobs, stores, and other amenities where people can easily… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going up, coming down
What to put at Reeves?; Weekend track work waning; Free parking!; Take down a parking lot; Maryland foreclosures bounce back; Streamlining SmarTrip; Next stop, Roanoke; And…; Plus…. Keep reading…
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Topic of the week: 4 more years for Gray?
On Monday, DC Mayor Vincent Gray said he will seek a second term. He joins an already crowded field, which will make for a very interesting race. But there’s also the question of how Gray has done as mayor. What are his biggest accomplishments? What are his biggest disappointments? And does he deserve a second term? Our contributors weigh in: Dan Malouff: On… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All the possibilities
Stadium projects in Washington region; Height Act public hearings; Money for DC small businesses; Construction of new Metrobus garage underway; MoCo tackles overcrowding; Bikes outsell cars in Europe; Development follows streetcar lines; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less parking, more sharing
Less parking in the future; Greed may limit parking; Council halts parking passes; Ridesharing approved; Maryland worst for emissions; Redevelopment proposed for Wheaton; Cycletrack sets bad precedents; Plurality support congestion charge; Metro escalators disappoint; And…. Keep reading…
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DC kicks off planning for Southwest’s future
What should Southwest DC look like over the next few years? Will it continue to be a quiet neighborhood despite increasing development around it? Or will it become a bustling area with more people and retail? On Wednesday, the DC Office of Planning held a kickoff meeting for the Southwest Neighborhood Plan, which will be the Small Area Plan that will cover most of Southwest… Keep reading…
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Is caving on parking minimums a smart move?
On Friday, DC planning director Harriet Tregoning announced she’s giving into yet another demand from zoning update opponents: to reduce rather than eliminate minimum parking requirements in transit-rich areas outside downtown. Will this smooth the path forward for the remaining provisions, or only put other progressive changes at risk? Until last week, the Office… Keep reading…
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Parking lots remain mandatory
DC planning director Harriet Tregoning announced today that minimum parking requirements in transit-oriented neighborhoods will remain in the new zoning code. As part of its rewrite of the zoning code, DC’s Office of Planning (DCOP) had proposed eliminating mandatory parking requirements in the densest, most transit-friendly parts of the city. Anyone who wanted… Keep reading…