Posts tagged New York Avenue
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Breakfast links: Objection!
The Green Mile; Access issues; Northern Virginia drives statewide growth; Plan Orange for Walmart site; Local news coverage takes a hit; Get your hands off your money; Death of a mall; Police blame bikes; Can you get to DHS HQ?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The downside
Purple Line would displace homes and businesses; DC Walmart in jeopardy; Vote on housing authority; Metro proposes more bus changes; Go to National Harbor by boat; Japan hops on the maglev train; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Oops
Contractor takes down wrong, historic tree; Multiple pedestrians die; Gas tax “compromise” emerges; Door freely, wear a helmet; FBI at Greenbelt has pluses for Metro; Performance loading?; Widening pressure never ends; Lauren Graham, cyclist; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting there quicker?
Moving more quickly in the city; Local commuters shift to transit; Pay attention to DC’s gun victims; Courts may end DC’s concealed weapons ban; Longer library hours?; Tide turning on national VMT study?; Rising wealth reshapes region; And…; Conributors nominated as best “tweeps”. Keep reading…
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McDuffie suggests a Bladensburg Rd MARC or Metro station
DC Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie tweeted yesterday that he wants the city to look into either a Metro or MARC station at the corner of New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road. MARC could work, though streetcar might do more to bring transit-oriented development to the area. That corner is easily the most suburban place west of the Anacostia River in DC, and maybe in the entire District,… Keep reading…
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Walmart’s 6 DC stores: Some will be urban, some won’t
When Walmart announced it would open 6 stores in DC, many wondered whether the stores would use urban or suburban layouts. With the plans for all the stores finally available, now we know. 3 of the 6 stores will be unquestionably urban. 1 will be a hybrid with some urban characteristics. 2 will be almost completely suburban. Gonzaga: The closest store to downtown is suitably… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Phones
Pay phones don’t pay; Another use for pay phones; Get off the phone; Forget you!; Don’t shut the door; Second look at suburbs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life getting easier for littlest peds
Walk to School [Every]Day; Kids will walk safer in PG; Zipcar parks elsewhere; Leggett hot for sprawl; Geoff catches a bicycle thief; Eastern Market vendors fear rent increases; MoCo politicos resents gerrymandering; Help with the zoning rewrite… for money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Batten the hatches
Blow and crack; Segregation varies greatly by region; School reform sees racial disparity; Who will manage the streetcars?; Jaffe misses the blight; OP review limited on 2 Walmarts; Capital yard-share; Ferry transit may be an option; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 12 dirty pols
Why nobody spoke up; Bond tax delayed 1 year; No bus garage at Walter Reed; Bulger not a regular rider; Parking required at historic train station; ANC supports waterfront development; Walmart asked for transit improvements; Greens not for transit. Keep reading…