Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Speak for sidewalks
This morning, the entire DC Council will consider the Sidewalk Assurance Act, to ensure that political considerations don’t stop sidewalks from going in when DDOT is already reconstructing streets. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Stand up and…
Be counted; Meet in public; Get off the road, mate; WMATA’s “TOD nerd”; Pie in the Skyland?; Size matters; Federal government to John Cook: You’re wrong. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: It’s starting again
“Snoverkill” coming; Who shoveled?; Don’t drive or plow this trail; Sparks fly on Metro; Don’t wait a year to call Muriel; Taking away their fare share; Saving through a lottery. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit, Kwame, and Prince George
Government now allowed to consider livability; Softer side of Catoe; Circulator to River East?; Sidewalks still not assured; PG Council displeased with camera reversal; Sun setting on Westphalia?; The High Cost of Free Parking: the movie. Keep reading…
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New Council structure announced; Wells joins key committee
Loose Lips just posted the new committee structure for next year’s DC Council, chosen by Chairman Vincent Gray. Most of the committees stay the same, but there are some important changes, including a few in the key committee which oversees transportation. Keep reading…
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Have DC Councilmembers ever tried to park downtown on a Saturday?
The Council passed Jim Graham’s parking meter rate hike yesterday, raising $1/hour meters to $2 and 50¢ meters to 75¢, and restoring much-needed city housing programs. But to get enough political support from the Council, Graham and co-introducer Tommy Wells had to agree to an amendment from Jack Evans designating $1 million of the revenue raised to the O Street… Keep reading…
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Council race coverage roundup
Lots of new coverage of the Council races. Keep reading…
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Klingle Road dead, dead, dead; bike trail alive
Liveblogging the Council hearing… OK, Finally the Council has gotten to Klingle again. This is the second reading and the final opportunity. Graham is saying that since it’s so late, he’s not going to reopen the entire discussion. Whoops, but now he’s talking about it anyway. The question of whether it’s a road, he says, is different from… Keep reading…
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Another good project and annoying press
DCist covers DDOT’s proposal to convert 15th Street to two-way operation which I covered when it was first announced in January. DDOT presented it to the Council yesterday. Keep reading…
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I’m an environmentalist but…
Last night, about 150 people showed up for a DC Council hearing on Klingle Road. The Washington Post has a carefully balanced article on the hearing, at which about 80% of the attendees and speakers opposed reopening the road (largely thanks to good organizing by WABA, the Sierra Club, and others). Keep reading…