Posts tagged Noma
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Breakfast links: Stay in your lane
MoCo bus lanes get a yes; HOT lanes’ cool reception; Parking cents in Bethesda; Cyclists under attack; Alexandria’s “trolley” defended; What school will go to St. E’s?; 5333 gets permits; Gray: I’m energetic!; And…. Keep reading…
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FBI headquarters could stay downtown, but at a cost
As the FBI searches for a new headquarters location, most of the options have focused on the suburbs or Poplar Point, but Washingtonian reports on another proposal: Keep it downtown, at H Street and North Capitol Street, NW. But that location has serious downsides. Keep reading…
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Florida Avenue shouldn’t have to wait for real sidewalks
Florida Avenue, NE is one of the most dangerous roads in DC for all modes of transportation, and a 71-year-old pedestrian was just recently killed trying to cross. Past studies have recommended widening the sidewalks here, but residents likely have to wait even longer for fixes as DDOT embarks on yet another study. Keep reading…
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Streetcars, parks, and libraries get boost in Gray budget
Bike lanes, parks in NoMA and around the city, streetcars, libraries 7 days a week, new trash cans for free, school modernizations, and many more programs get funding under the operating and capital budgets Mayor Gray is unveiling this morning. Streetcars: In the 6-year capital plan, streetcars get $400 million, which should fund completing the first line from Minnesota Avenue… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride and learn
Better understand the Silver Line; Gripes on the Metro; Transfer delays dissuade transit riders; Drive-by wounds 13 in NoMA; KIPP wants to build at Randall; Too many schools?; Washington isn’t richest; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just vote no
Helmets good, mandatory bad; Hybrid protest; Last in, first fixed; Around the at-large race; MBT gradually moving ahead; Cool Disco Donuts not so cool; Who pays the most?; High-speed hit piece; Fearersome new task force; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Pay for it
Could we see congestion pricing?; Roads don’t pay for themselves; Inauguration data; VA GOP wants to change electoral college rules; A more open campus; Pay without touching; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alternatives
The other approach to the gas tax; Yet another way to fund transit; Traffic and pedestrian deaths hit new low; Rents go down?; Up in the sky, it’s a Purple Line station!; The future of car sharing; Where to grow; Parking plugs Pgh project. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Old school
Hine gets OK; Not down with escalators; A lot to do in 5 years; Academic village in NoMa; Height limit estimate too high?; Safer to be blue; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Non-electoral winners and losers
Green Line grows; Last call for millennials?; Philly zoning update crippled; Civic group vs. ANC in Bloomingdale; Draw boundaries around poverty?; “Idiot” drives on sidewalk; Phoenix aims to save pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…