Posts tagged Maryland Avenue
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Our endorsements for ANC in Ward 6
There’s a lot to Ward 6. On one end, you can be standing in Navy Yard, outside of Nationals Park, while on the other you’re in Shaw. And as you travel between the two, you might pass the Supreme Court! Ward 6’s neighborhoods have experienced a lot of change recently, and many of its Advisory Neighborhood Commission races are hotly contested. We looked through these races and found seven… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more problems
Poverty rising in the east; Service cut snapshots; DC workers left behind; Circulator buses safer; Arlington acts on Airbnb; Keeping housing affordable; SelectPass success; Teen riders speak; Derailment in Hoboken; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A dream of affordable housing
Hard road to affordability; City prices outpace outside; More jobs for the ‘burbs; Green light for practice facility; More transparency, please; Transit center’s birthday wishes; Designs to beat the heat; Bikes on the hill. Keep reading…
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This Capitol Hill throughway will get safer for bikes and pedestrians, but some say not safe enough
A dangerous stretch of Maryland Avenue NE, a street that runs diagonally through Capitol Hill, will soon narrow from four lanes to two, with a 10-foot median and painted bike lanes. The people making the changes say there isn’t enough space for protected bikeways, which would separate cyclists from cars, but bike advocates disagree. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step back, doors closing (early)
Goodnight, Metro; More bus bays coming; SafeTrack chief speaks; Sunny days ahead; Slowing traffic slowly; If you build it, will they come?; Children can’t play; Contentious cranium; Term limits?; Brake for Bigfoot. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build that housing
Permit effects on housing; H Street’s newest connection; Mixed income with a community pool; Development east of the Anacostia; Maryland Ave NE road diet; Fight over Metro firing; Uber surges and SafeTrack; Open gangways for NYC’s subway. Keep reading…
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Bad pedestrian design mars the intersection where Vision Zero launched
On Wednesday, DC officials unveiled the Vision Zero plan to make roads safer for walkers and cyclists, as well as drivers. But at the very intersection DDOT made the announcement, pedestrians are already getting short shrift. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dulles action
Loudoun United soccer?; Needed: New Dulles airline?; Mall Circulator coming, sometime; Hurry up, WMATA; Maryland Avenue moves; Don’t demolish homes; No more moratorium; Frack no. Keep reading…
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Mary Cheh’s annual joke budget memo mocks the streetcar, endless transportation studies, and more
Each year, as the DC Council considers the District’s budget, Councilmember Mary Cheh and her staff issue fake recommendations that satirize recent news. This year’s poke even sharper fun than usual at a number of issues around transportation, Eleanor Holmes Norton’s parking, the Vince Gray prosecution, and many others. On the streetcar, for instance,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shifting service
Streetcar service cuts; CaBi counts; It’s just parking; Say cheese?; Building out; Country clubbing; Mind the gap; And…. Keep reading…