Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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The ReOpenDC report recommends reallocating street space for walking, restaurants, and buses
“DC should reallocate sidewalks and streets to support physical distancing for residents and greater outdoor capacity for restaurants and other businesses,” says one section of a new report, released Thursday by Mayor Muriel Bowser, “as well as reconfigure road lanes to prioritize Lifeline Network bus corridors.” Keep reading…
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Transportation mostly survives DC budget cuts, but planning takes a big hit
DC will continue most of its existing transportation efforts next year under a draft budget released by DC mayor Muriel Bowser. However, unless the DC Council changes the budget, the District will have somewhat less funding for affordable housing programs and won’t plan ahead to ensure well-coordinated development in areas slated for big growth and change. Keep reading…
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Muriel Bowser calls for tackling “long-standing inequities” highlighted by COVID-19. How can sustainable transportation contribute?
What role could there be for sustainable transportation modes like transit, biking, and walking in helping reshape a DC with more equitable access to jobs, health, education, and other opportunities? Keep reading…
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DC will temporarily widen some sidewalks near grocery stores and other businesses
To help people practice social distancing and stay six feet apart, DC will expand some sidewalks in wards throughout the District near essential businesses such as grocery stores, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. Keep reading…
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A 9th Street bikeway will get a vote Tuesday amid church opposition. Ask the council to un-stall the project.
A proposed protected bikeway on 9th Street NW has been quietly stalled for years by Mayor Muriel Bowser, but on Tuesday, the DC Council will take a vote on an “emergency” bill to compel forward progress. Keep reading…
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Workers and business owners rally for late-night Metrorail service to be restored
Local business owners, workers, unions, and officials rallied Wednesday for Metro to extend its late-night rail service. The rally, led by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, came hours after her office released a report detailing the District’s economic dependency on its nightlife, and how it has been hindered by curtailed Metro hours. Keep reading…
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Why the streetcar from Union Station to Georgetown died (mostly)
“DC Streetcar to Georgetown is dead,” read the headline. But the once-proposed DC Streetcar extension, likely in dedicated lanes, from Union Station to Georgetown didn’t just die. It died a long time ago. It’s just that reporters saw the death certificate, and that lent a certain finality to what many suspected and others already knew. Keep reading…
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Brianne Nadeau and five colleagues want to force action on the stalled Shaw bikeway
The DC Council could send a very strong message to the Bowser administration, insiting it move forward on a north-south protected bikeway on 9th Street NW through downtown and Shaw, under a new emergency bill slated for consideration December 3. Keep reading…
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Updates to DC’s Comprehensive Plan fit together housing and preservation
When Mayor Muriel Bowser and Office of Planning (OP) Director Andrew Trueblood released citywide targets for affordable housing production by neighborhood planning area, they also made public amendments to the rest of the Comprehensive Plan—all 24 chapters of it. The Comp Plan guides how the city will grow in the years to come. Keep reading…
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Did Bowser kill the Shaw bikeway? She won’t say.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says she is committed to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2024, the District’s goal under the Vision Zero initiative it adopted in 2015. Yet for more than three years her administration has quietly stalled an important safety project, a protected bikeway on 9th Street NW, and refused to give the public straight answers about why. Keep reading…