Posts tagged Inauguration
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Breakfast links: On your MARC, get set, go
New digs at Camden Yards; Area transit gets a boost; Light rail limbo; Warp speed on sewage study; The road better paved; Power to the people; Office space boom or bust; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Close call
Bad day for inspectors; Hogan changes tune on Metro funding; HPO approves SunTrust; A dozen strange Metro delays; Express bus for 14th?; Judging Maryland’s Marriott deal; Airbnb hearts inauguration; Behind Glover Park’s name. Keep reading…
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The American Dream can be an urban dream, too
The classic image of the “American Dream” is, for many, a house with a big yard, 2 cars, and so on. Is that image still relevant, even as many people choose to live in walkable urban neighborhoods? Sarah Lewis argues that it’s the ideals, not the trappings, that matter and remain strong. During Inauguration Day, I found myself (an immigrant, a naturalized citizen)… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Pay for it
Could we see congestion pricing?; Roads don’t pay for themselves; Inauguration data; VA GOP wants to change electoral college rules; A more open campus; Pay without touching; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Second term
Obama inaugurated; VA GOP tries a coup; Georgetown waterfront isn’t NPS?; Will Arlington shrink?; Hot for ToT; No more booze for 14th and U?; LEED flaws; Why people give up on transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Pedicabs gear up for inauguration weekend
Even with this weekend’s inauguration festivities projecting to draw significantly smaller crowds than in 2009, the influx of tourists, along with road closures and unseasonal weather, has the local pedicab community gearing up for what will likely be its busiest weekend of the year. The prospects of a crowd of 700,000 to 800,000 people projects to draw approximately… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Closures
Some schools survive; School closings have costs; Gas tax vs sales tax; Silver Spring plan too monolithic?; Light rail for Southeast DC?; G’town argues parking; Parade will show off bilke lanes; Darrell Issa, DC’s best friend; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Second term approaches
Obama takes one step for DC rights; Inauguration items; Norton asks for statehood, again; Better biking past the White House; New housing won’t have free parking; Maryland will consider bottle bill; Wells approaching mayoral run; Tennessee drops highway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New ways to live and move
Uber takes a taxi; Babe’s gets the nod; Bike to Obama; A national VMT tax?; Call them the Washington Deforesters; Will school closings save money?; An affordable little neighborhood; “Embarrassing” anti-dooring law?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Worrying about parking
Chevy Chase building draws a fight; Evans demands parking privileges; Make cars louder?; FTA fixes funding priorities; Baltimore gets new cameras; Cancel games, lose revenue; Corporations ride free?; And…. Keep reading…