Posts tagged Housing
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Breakfast links: Transportation equipment that doesn’t move
Boxy units; Streetcar in November?; Council votes yes to say no; Bike bits; Copenhagen’s cycle snake; Parking space living; Take the kids on Uber; Lyft launch postponed; WiFi for safety. Keep reading…
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Zoning update retreat on housing and parking gets a chilly reception from the DC Zoning Commision
DC’s Office of Planning (OP) may have backed down on some key provisions of the DC zoning update, but some members of DC’s Zoning Commission, which has the final say on zoning, voiced skepticism about the recent changes at a meeting last week. A majority of commissioners may be prepared to reject several of OP’s proposed amendments, including one that would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: By the numbers
Gray vetoes budget; Pedestrian barrier for Route 1; How to pay for Phase Two?; Region falls behind in job growth; Buy DC land, build affordable housing; Housing trouble in Chinatown; Milloy doesn’t back down; Like riding a bike; Can’t buy booze in New Hampshire; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better buses
More buses on 16th Street; An electric Circulator?; Less parking, more business; More bikes, fewer tickets; Housing for the homeless; Theater for Union Market?; Look to Oregon’s Trails; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Countdown to opening
Blue Line frequency cuts cause frustration; The story so far; Travel delays prevalent around the region; Dealing with the racial wealth gap; Don’t ban apps, price parking correctly; Bike sharing for work and pleasure; Bikeshare deal in the works; Congestion grows less quickly with rail; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Adjust your plans
Leave your car at home; Everything longer on the Blue Line; Housing beats offices; How to make housing affordable; What happens in Tenleytown; Trashy work; Senator leaves big shoes to fill; Crosswalk enforcement; Bike in a skirt; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Movies and more
Take an evening to relax and enjoy a documentary (or two)! The Summer in the City film series kicks off tomorrow with an illuminating look at public housing in America in the 1950s and 60s. If movies aren’t your thing, RSVP for a reception to honor 50 years of the Urban Mass Transit Act. Pruitt-Igoe on the big screen: Watch the tale of the infamous St. Louis public housing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Follow up
Reno’s back on; Higher wages; Longer days?; St. Elizabeths stalled; New York’s “pop ups”; Rental demand; Accessible rideshare?; And…. Keep reading…
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For the umpteenth time, DC’s zoning update gets watered down some more
In the six-year-and-counting saga of DC’s zoning update, the Office of Planning (OP) has watered down proposed zoning changes yet again. Planners have removed residents’ right to put an accessory apartment in a carriage house or other external building and reinstated most of the existing parking minimum requirements around high-frequency bus lines. While… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build for bikes
Trail rebuild gets OK; Bike lanes mean more space; Bikes are the real menace!; Support for stadium?; No liquor delivery?; A bigger Circulator?; Check out affordable housing; And…. Keep reading…