Posts tagged Mary Cheh
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Upper Northwest hits peak NIMBY about a homeless shelter
Fifty short-term apartments for homeless residents are likely coming to Idaho Avenue in upper Northwest DC. At a community meeting last night, some residents showed just how much they think the poorest people in DC need to stay far away from their exclusive enclaves. Keep reading…
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DC’s homeless shelter plan just got a makeover
In February, Mayor Bowser put forth a plan to replace DC General with seven smaller family shelters around the District. The DC Council just made some key changes: all of the sites will now be city-owned rather than leased, and a few will be in different locations than first planned. Keep reading…
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Proposed rules aim to get serious about road safety in DC
The DC government has committed to “Vision Zero,” a goal of eliminating all road deaths. A detailed plan from the Bowser Administration will come out Wednesday, but in the meantime, legislators have been putting forth their own proposals for laws around safety. Four bills in the DC Council about road safety proposals were the subject of a hearing on December 8. Here’s… Keep reading…
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Letting cyclists yield at stop signs won’t lead to chaos
An “Idaho Stop” is a law in some states that allows bicyclists to treat stop signs as if they were yield signs. DC Councilmember Mary Cheh recently proposed adopting the law in DC, but some people say it would turn traffic law on its head. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time circuits on
Not thinking fare-dimensionally; Boy mom, you sure can hydrate a WMATA; That’s like a baby’s toy; I-66 flux capacitor; Hoverboards don’t work on water; Mayor, I (don’t) like the sound of that; I’m your density. I mean your destiny; Damn! The skyway is jammed; Where we’re going we don’t need roads; Great Scott!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stayhere-Arentmoving
Metro mayhem; To Fairfax for free; Pay up for public housing; Politicians and poets; Potomac postponed; FBI crystal ball; Vision Zero, codified; Suburban salad bowls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome, Wizards
Make it happen; Call on me; Safety first; Out of control; The race is on; “Misspelling” for Mayor?; Anticlimactic arrival; Departing Dominion; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New legislation
A slew of new laws; Montgomery goes private; Council calls; Place matters; Bike’s share of a commute; What shall we call you, Uber; Test drive your digs; And…. Keep reading…
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Making this street more bike-friendly should be easy. Why isn’t it?
A barrier meant to calm traffic doesn’t need to also block bicyclists on an upper Northwest street. But even though Councilmember Mary Cheh and the local ANC support a cut-through, there had to be yet another hours-long community meeting and site visit in the pouring rain so nearby residents could express their concerns that accommodating bicyclists would result in mayhem… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power to the people
No rainbow representation; Shaw pilot; Hot in here; Pointing fingers; Mulder delayed; Mind the gap; Jarvis is my co-pilot; 200 years in 2 minutes. Keep reading…