Posts tagged Nationals Ballpark
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Coverage of world not ending at ballpark
JDLand notices the media’s incessant doomsaying about impending traffic disasters and the world nonetheless not ending. ABC has quotes from a business owner pleased with the added parking turnover (and another unhappy) as well as good quotes from Tommy Wells. Keep reading…
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The market works, for stadium parking
Not to endlessly harp on the stadium, but Marc Fisher verifies that Metro is handling crowds much better than many expected. Moreover, private entrepreneurs are filling the parking demand by letting fans park in private spaces for an appropriate fee. Keep reading…
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Nationals play on a weeknight, world still doesn’t end
Despite some doomsday predictions, the Nationals’ first weeknight game also went smoothly, with Metro again handling the crowds without any significant problems. The parking lots were half empty (though the game wasn’t sold out), and the bike parking got some use despite the rain. Keep reading…
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Stadium opens without parking, world doesn’t end
If you are in the DC area and haven’t been living under a rock, you know that DC’s brand-new (and entirely taxpayer-funded) stadium opened last weekend. You also know that the city built remarkably few parking lots, telling fans to take Metro, bike (using the free bike valet) or take a shuttle from parking lots at RFK Stadium. Keep reading…
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Boulevardize the SE/SW Freeway
Ballpark and Beyond brings up the on-again, off-again idea of replacing the Southeast-Southwest Freeway with a boulevard. Its hulking form makes people feel unsafe walking from the Capitol South Metro to the ballpark. A wide Virginia Avenue with timed lights wouldn’t be so much worse for drivers and much better for everyone else. Keep reading…
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DC versus New York
New York on baseball: Gave away the only park in a poor neighborhood so the Yankees could build a stadium next to their old one instead of replacing the old one. Spent $400 million in public money on the stadium, Keep reading…
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“There is not going to be a Quaker Oats Metro station”
Councilmember Jim Graham (rightly) put to rest speculation that DC may rename the Navy Yard Metro station after the corporate sponsor who buys naming rights to the new ballpark. Meanwhile, New York announced plans to rename every station on the 4 and D trains after corporations with all the money going to the Yankees. OK, they didn’t, but if Hank Steinbrenner were to hang out… Keep reading…
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DC Council hearing on “Performance Parking” plan
JDLand has a summary of the hearing around Tommy Wells’ plan to use market-pricing techniques to discourage parking around the new baseball stadium. From JD’s summary, the hearing didn’t turn out to be that interesting, with most speakers in favor of the plan and little new ground covered. Keep reading…
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DC may experiment with market pricing for parking
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells apparently has been reading his Donald Shoup. New York livable-streets activists have been calling for parking pricing reform for some time, following the teachings of groundbreaking parking scholar Shoup. Slowly, NYC leaders are starting to come around to this idea. But when they arrive, they may find DC already there waiting for them. Keep reading…