Posts tagged Maps
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Lunch links: Spaces and trees
Space that’s green but little else; Give the kids some space; Trees please; The Gaithers-somewhat-less-bungled; NYC trying bus cameras; We need a good Amtrak; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make the point
The graph that moves backward; Sarles should push harder, ride buses; MA’s bicycle Republican; Construction pushes peds into street; War on grand staircases; Sun rising on East Campus; Iconic bus map?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Law-abiding, at least in Jersey
That’s respect; Stop for pedestrians in New Jersey; Charges pending already?; Don’t drive, especially here; Close M Street in G’town weekends?; 2 school fires; PG’s missed opportunities; Old, white, retired people. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bringing in business
No new restaurants?; A fake small town for your office; Chevy Chase against something; O’Malley fights to preserve MTA, not WMATA; VDOT drops “pave the preserve” plan; VA maps bikes; Meet the ambassador; Dots from DDOT?. Keep reading…
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Historian discovers Masonic freeway conspiracy
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. In a recently published article, a local historian claims to have discovered hidden messages in the design of Washington’s freeways. The historian, Tyler Vanderschmidt, says that he has found evidence of a Masonic conspiracy to use freeway building to embed the symbology of the secretive organization in the… Keep reading…
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Food desert or mirage?
Food security is an extremely important issue for the livability of cities. To educate citizens about it, accuracy in mapping is vital as well. Upon first glance two weeks ago, I and a number of like-minded folks in the region sent along links and tweets to our contacts about “When Healthy Food is Out of Reach,” a joint report from D.C. Hunger Solutions and Social Compact. Keep reading…
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Google Maps launches bike directions
Google has added a long-awaited feature to Google Maps: bike directions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Secrets and plans
Problems aren’t secret, solutions shouldn’t be; Hearing a better snow plan; Town Centers the future of suburbs?; Recycle, really; New Arlington bike map; Them’s the breaks?; Funding runs out at USDOT. Keep reading…
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The Booth Map: Redesigning WMATA’s map
In 2007 graphic design firm KICK famously proposed redrawing the New York subway map. The new map they produced was more straightforward and intuitive than the official subway map, but also more diagrammatic. MTA eventually dismissed the proposal, but not before considerable internet buzz. Graphic designers and transit nerds talk about it to this day. Now, graphic designer… Keep reading…
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ACT creates Montgomery County transit vision
Last July, Montgomery County’s Action Committee for Transit worked with Greater Greater Washington to produce a transit vision for the I-270 corridor. Rather than spending billions of dollars on widening I-270 as the State of Maryland proposes, ACT argued that it would be better and more affordable to invest in a vigorous integrated transit network. That was all well… Keep reading…