Posts tagged Homelessness
-
Breakfast links: Shelter shifts
Helter shelter; Shelter priorities?; Before the shelter; Toward dedicated Metro funding; Toke tax bonanza; Wavering on the Wiz; Slow on speed restriction communications; Streetcar promo director’s cut; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: A different track
ICYMI; Bring on the buses; Homeless families on the rise; Car2go2more places; From retail to residence; Tall Oaks short on retail; Make the grade; Gaithersburg, the most diverse city; Traffic nightmare or hidden art?; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: The long road to safety
“Tough medicine”; Another safety lapse; Left behind in Loudoun; McLean’s density dispute; DC’s new constitution?; Seattle’s fight for growth; Swing set drama; How the shelters look; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Stay safe and share
Vision Zero comes to Alexandria; Bikeshare for College Park; Suggested shelter changes; Expert expectations; Downtown’s ups and downs; SelectPass going strong; Firearms in Ward 5; Bikes that grow; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Skeptic city
Shelter doubts; Safety blitz findings; On the up in Ivy City; Weekend cuts?; Car2go Arlington and DC; Wilson is fine; Smoked out in DC; Consolation fee; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: The smart money says
SmarTrip stays; DC declares independence; Shelter sums; No new Circulator routes; Solar support; What’s in a station name?; HOT and the Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
-
Where were critics of the homeless shelter deal on all the other, worse deals?
When DC mayor Muriel Bowser announced she’d close the DC General homeless shelter and replace it with smaller shelters in all of DC’s wards, everyone knew there’d be pushback. Now it’s ratcheted up in the form of a slick video. But the video makes a point that could equally apply to many other, less worthy actions too. So why now? Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Maryland turns purple
Purple pulls through the state; Weigh in on the wage; Housing for all in Arlington; Strip club shutdown; College Park to college town; Not so easy to rename; Transit in bloom; Less teens on the road. Keep reading…
-
At a hearing on DC General, opposition runs the gamut from rational to prejudicial
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has a plan to close DC General and put smaller homeless shelters in all eight wards of the city. There’s a lot of opposition, ranging from concerns about shelters going up in dangerous places to positions that seem more about keeping poor minorities out of certain parts of the city. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Fray and fate
Metro’s inspection problem; $15 minimum wage?; MoCo says no to accessible ride hailing; DC budget priorities; Reston revolution; Vision Zero, Waze style?; Short on homes. Keep reading…