Posts tagged Housing
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Transit, real estate mash-up helps you live near transit
Say you’re moving to the area, have a job, and want to find places with good transit to work. How do you figure it out? A lot of people just look at the Metro map and don’t consider other modes, but a new service called AutNo is trying to help people locate near transit. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets
Pedestrian carnage; Don’t text and drive; Hybrid owners get a break; Cheh very supportive at bike hearing; Affordable housing needs money every year; Developer sues Graham; MD GOP vs. transit; Ask Arlington streetcar questions; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get around in Virginia
Businesses want streetcar; Road diet a success; Bike lanes… for whom?; DASH will cost more, do less; Weaver may run; DC government runs on hot air; Traffic causes asthma; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buy this
A less common mall; Nice bus stop; A road with a view; Silver delay?; MD gas tax on the move; SideCar arrives; Transit land values do better; And…. Keep reading…
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Mendelson grills accessory dwelling opponents
After being postponed a day because of the threat of snow, the marathon 7-hour oversight of the Office of Planning almost entirely revolved around the same controversial subject as the last 4-5 years: the zoning update. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asked tough questions of people on both sides of the issue. At first, he wondered how some people could say the Office of Planning… Keep reading…
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Streetcar won’t make Columbia Pike unaffordable
Some residents have expressed concern that the Columbia Pike Streetcar will bring changes to the Columbia Pike area. Besides traffic impacts, another oft-repeated criticism is that streetcar-oriented development will harm the relative affordability of many areas along Columbia Pike. The price of housing has soared in the areas of Arlington that are close to the Metro. It… Keep reading…
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Task force sets goal of 10,000 affordable units
Over the last two years the issue of affordable housing has been raised in many forums, but with little action. Mayor Gray recently committed $100 million for affordable housing; now, the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force has issued its report on the District’s housing direction. The first two of the report’s three goals focus on affordable housing. They… Keep reading…
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Where do young adults live in Montgomery County?
Montgomery County community leaders want to draw more Millennials, members of the generation born between 1982 and 2000, hoping that they’ll stick around when they’re older. As they explore ways to attract twenty- and thirtysomethings, from new transit projects to more nightlife, it’s worth looking at where they live in Montgomery County today. According… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Snowquester”
Snow; Residents win the war; Issa endorses better design; Prince William vs sprawl; Preserve “Mad Men” era buildings?; Fairfax considers red light cameras; Bad ideas for FBI; A sport looking for space; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the waterfront
Who wants the FBI?; Gondola to Georgetown?; Camera camera works; The Warren Quarter; Narrow thinking on “safety”; Jury excuses killing cyclist; Eyes on the street, not?; And…; And and…. Keep reading…