Posts tagged Inauguration
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MAP: Where roads are closed for the inauguration
Let’s keep it simple: If you can avoid going anywhere near downtown until after Inauguration Day on January 20, you should. It’s going to be a mess. This map offers a bird’s-eye view to help you navigate. Keep reading…
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Metro successfully moved over a million trips on Saturday. Here’s how.
In total, there were over one million Metro trips on Saturday, the day of the Women's March on Washington. It was Metro’s second-highest rail ridership day ever. In order to move that many people, the system relied on solid planning, additional staff, and, most importantly, excited crowds. Keep reading…
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This momentous weekend launched a new reality. The city, and our battles, are different now
Donald Trump is America's president. The largest protest in American history greeted his first day. Welcome to the colossal challenges of Washington and the USA in 2017. Keep reading…
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Inauguration weekend in photos
Here are some of the most striking images from Inauguration weekend, mostly submitted by our photo contributors to the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, a visual showcase of the best and worst of the Washington region Keep reading…
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What has inauguration week felt like for you?
Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president of the United States at noon on Friday, and on Saturday, hundreds of thousands are expected to march through DC in support of gender and racial justice. In terms of operations, this inauguration hasn't been much different from any other. But the experience for DC residents has been anything but normal. We asked our contributors what they're seeing and feeling this week. Keep reading…
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How I biked to work with inauguration security barriers
Starting today, large swathes of the area in DC around the National Mall, along with the Memorial Bridge, are closed to cars, bikes, and pedestrians for the inauguration and related events. I had to rethink my commute today, but while I feared a difficult trip with barriers and police turning me around at unexpected points, I was pleasantly surprised with how easy and unremarkable it was. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand with Comet Pizza
Fake news terror; Carson tapped for HUD; The most violent offenders; Pink slip for track inspectors?; Who do you represent?; MoCo money talks; The Trump-FBI building connection; SmarTrip’s Trump wisecrack. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paid leave cometh
DC paid leave details; Transit oriented affordability; DC’s not into Metro’s late night plan; Metro considers downsizing; Changes for Barrel House Liquor; What is middle class, anyway; 10,000 AirBnB inauguration guests; GSA’s Old Post Office lease drama; Berlin’s rent control experiment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 24 long days
Bring on the single-tracking; Sparks fly over digital billboards; Student loans to homeownership; Ben Carson for HUD Secretary?; Uncertainty for Women’s March on Washington; Kenilworth’s big moment; MoCo’s legal battle; Muni, hacked; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Commuting in slow motion
Perpetual slowdown; Metrobus assault; Paid leave to get a vote; Rental opportunism; How to make a basement apartment; Creating the train experience; Prison town boom?. Keep reading…