Posts tagged Leesburg
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Suburban protestors speak out against police brutality
All over the United States, people have taken to the streets to protest police brutality against Black people after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week. Many of these demonstrations have taken place in center cities, including here in downtown DC. Yet suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia have stepped up as well. Keep reading…
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Ten little cities near DC with awesome urbanism
Central cities are booming all over the US as Americans rediscover the benefits of walkable urbanism. But the boom isn’t confined to only big cities. Smaller cities are also enjoying a renaissance of their own. Here are ten little cities near DC with genuinely great urbanism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find the 9/11 memorial; imagine one for climate change
Have you heard of this memorial?; A climate change memorial for DC?; Is the SunTrust plaza “sacred”?; Purple Line appeal begins; Evans says no fare hike; Get your Tubman & Douglass SmarTrips; Loudoun, bike mecca?; What Amtrak will buy with $2.45B; Students versus homeless tenants; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going anywhere?
Leaving on that midnight train; New Purple Line pushback; Gondola best guesses; A regional affordable housing solution; BTWD by the numbers; Loudoun leery on parking; Transit as an amenity. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Future visions
Data-based sting; Affordability counts; Keep the warehouses; Hard choices; Schools shift credit; Highway funding fixes; I hate the interstate; And…. Keep reading…
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Ten little cities near DC with awesome urbanism
Central cities are booming all over the US as Americans rediscover the benefits of walkable urbanism. But the boom isn’t confined to only big cities. Smaller cities are also enjoying a renaissance of their own. Here are ten little cities near DC with genuinely great urbanism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Livability everywhere
CaBi is coming to College Park; Leesburg approves wider sidewalks; Virginia studies Route 1 transit; DDOT considers new bike routes; New development strains Metro; Politician driving recklessly; How to evaluate transportation?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit coming and going
A shorter CCT; Transit on Route 7?; Uncertainty continues as Columbia Pike redevelops; Fairfax considers tolls; Freight derailment delays MARC; Climate change causes concern; New Yorkers repurpose parking; Rents decline slightly; And…. Keep reading…
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Northern Virginia picks transportation projects to fund
For years, leaders in Northern Virginia have been asking Richmond to let Northern Virginia raise its own money to spend on its own transportation priorities. They are finally getting the chance. When the Virginia General Assembly passed a broad new transportation funding bill earlier this year, it included a section letting Northern Virginia raise and allocate hundreds of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What Republicans don’t want
Republican for speeding; TIGER endangered; Foxx populi; Vote for the road, or else; Late night track work gets later; DCPS violating Title IX?; Park complex; Less default near public transit; And…. Keep reading…