Posts tagged Homelessness
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Boxing Day links: Bad garages make bad neighbors
Neighbors object to secret garage; Fingers crossed for transit; CaBi huge with tourists; Calvary to meet with community; Quenching food deserts; 2011 not great for NPS; Better predictions for transit projects; No ads in Brazil city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast tweets: Less is more
Today, we’re trying an experimental format for the links: Twitter style. US DOT: Lowest traffic fatalities in 60 years (Transportation Nation, @marctomik) “We don’t want to come off as NIMBYs.” But Arlington residents don’t want a homeless shelter in their backyard (Post, @_jpscott) The London Tube’s central Zone 1 is very pricey,… 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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Brunch links: Downtown building angst
Franklin occupied; Add 2 floors to MLK Library?; Evans the paradox; Bill pays WMATA, changes MWAA; How WMATA got religion on open data; TEDxPhilly learns problem with car dependence; Fixing vacant lots is healthy; What avenue are you?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do your civic duty
VA party control in the balance today; Senate transpo bill has good and bad; Homeless Orleans on the ballot; Occupiers protest MPD; From food court to grand court?; Dutch kids get drivers’/cyclists’/peds’ ed.; And…. Keep reading…
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MLK library may be on the move
The often maligned Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library may move to a new building at a different location. A panel of developers and planners associated with the Urban Land Institute could make that recommendation later this month. “It’s important to note that the panel will not address the need for a central library,” Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper said. She… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Money problems
Washington income is high and diverse; All about the money; “Riding and running” a problem in DC; 100 homes for 100 Arlingtonians; Occupy K Street, kill the grass; Car fatalities plummet; Reeves Center gets undue credit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The value of bike lanes
Mixed-use and cycle track for Herndon; Fewer bike and pedestrian scofflaws; On bike lanes; Evans paying for sports tickets; Another round of campus plans; Clean up or close coal plant?; Fighting homelessness in Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: The value of helmets
Black women talk about biking; CaBi users to get helmets; Bus alerts coming; Accessible but inconvenient; From warehouse to office; Bad news for Hyattsville development; Can voters trust Michael A. Brown?; And…. Keep reading…
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Homeless shelter with no retail will hinder Anacostia
Anacostia residents are eager to create a vibrant main street. But plans to put a homeless shelter in the middle of the business district, especially one without any ground-floor retail component, would impede Historic Anacostia’s progress. Lydia DePillis reported in the Washington City Paper that Calvary Women’s Services will be opening a women’s homeless… Keep reading…