Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Breakfast links: Let’s chat
Hear from Muriel Bowser today; Hear from David Catania next week; Olympics pro and con; Possible spots to spy; Sprawl repair in Vienna; Not in Georgetown; More historic hill?; Endangered spaces; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Buses, buses, buses (and walking and biking)
If you care about buses, this is the week for you! The events calendar is filled with Virginia bus meetings, but if you get tired of sitting and listening during your weeknights, CSG and WABA have got your exercise with a walking tour and bike tour this weekend in Maryland. Virginia buses (and other transportation): If you’re a Virginian and care about buses, boy is it a busy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The feds have spoken
Cert denied; Obama for Bowser; New escalators coming up; No tunnel for the trail; Cycletracks for MoCo; Ticketing peds and drivers; Don’t call it a “trolley”; Springfield out of the running?; Six is plenty?; Twelve is too much. Keep reading…
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What would you ask Muriel Bowser?
The campaign for mayor in DC has focused a lot on ethics, education, and other issues, but many people in the Greater Greater Washington community want to hear more about how candidates feel about the topics we cover. On Monday, October 13, you can ask Democratic nominee Muriel Bowser as she joins us for a live chat. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoulder your bike
Count those bikes!; Buses on the shoulder; Channel your bike; Bike racks for Bike Rack; Church fight goes another round; Easy as VRE; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Affordable housing
Affordable housing debate; What affordable housing?; No more Half Street; Closing sidewalks in Bethesda; “Woods” against the bus; Cycling incidents go down; America’s changing suburbs; Metro pedestrian bridge coming in January; And…. Keep reading…
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Education activists urge DC mayoral candidates to commit to improving neighborhood schools
A coalition of DC education activists says we should strengthen the system of neighborhood by-right schools, and require coordinated planning between District of Columbia Public Schools and DC’s public charter sector. The coalition has released six principles it hopes will provide a basis for discussion during the current election season. Over 60 DC residents have… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public housing redevelopment
A new neighborhood in Brentwood; Empty in Anacostia; FBI not near the Metro?; Flat is where it’s at; Cheh wants Uber legal; Minimum wage to $8.40; Purple Line OK in Bethesda?; Buses to the curb, please; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Busy street bike lanes
Bike lanes on Branch Avenue; Bike lanes on highways; 7000s soon; IG overstepped on camera report?; Circulator change bad for Georgetown?; Dominion mum on power line; What do Millennials want?; And…. Keep reading…
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Bowser remains vague on education plans, but clearly hopes Henderson will stay
Front-running mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser has released a more fleshed-out education platform, but it’s still short on specifics. And it seems to put a lot of faith in a hoped-for collaboration with the current DC Public Schools Chancellor. Bowser has abandoned her flimsy “Deal for All” education platform, which promised to replicate Ward 3’s… Keep reading…