Posts tagged Nps
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Breakfast links: Where and how the people go
People up, driving down; Baltimore wants to “poach” residents; Now white and black people lose rights; Bases get smart (growth); Metro intercoms sort-of-broken?; Is it gentrification?; Congress Heights needs food options; Fighting continues at Manassas; And…. Keep reading…
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1886 plan would have built atop Rock Creek
Tom from Ghosts of DC found an 1886 Post article about a plan to put Rock Creek in a tunnel from about M Street to just north of R Street, fill in the ravine, and create city blocks between Georgetown and Dupont. Proponents estimated it would create 50 “squares” (generally city blocks) of space, for a cost of about $600,000 to $650,000, or about $15-16 million in today’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Regulatory choices
Large retailers may have to pay more; Food truck rules going down; NPS stepping back on Penn; Utility problems; Compare bikeshare geographically; Companies quiet on transit nationally; And …. Keep reading…
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Circulator will go to Mall, bus priority gets funding
The DC Circulator bus will add service to the National Mall by 2015, and Mayor Gray has added funding to the budget to improve bus service elsewhere in the city, Mayor Gray and Councilmember Mary Cheh just announced in a press release. The Circulator service would not be the same as the old loop around Constitution and Independence Avenues, which DC discontinued in 2011. That line… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After Boston
Cities go on high alert; Mara profited from past donors; Unbuilt VA highway already creating sprawl?; This garage is convertible; DC gov subsidizes parking more; Sidewalk wars come to Hyattsville; Big verdict for unsafe bus stop; Metro fights fatigue; And…. Keep reading…
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DC to host race on South Capitol “racetrack”
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. The puzzling design for DDOT’s South Capitol Street project has become much more clear as the DC Spors and Entertainment Commission rolled out a plan to host regular auto races on the track. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know the rails
A good ridership reduction; Roads vs. rails; Can you hear me now? How about 2015?; I can park where I want; Alerts on Maps; Transit greatly helps congestion; Inspectors didn’t inspect; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make it better
Transform Franklin; Baltimore Penn gets its own plan; Metro sequestered; Senate to the rescue; Too many apartments?; Food trucks chafe at rules; Need more than nightlife; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not here
Board says no to Wheaton gas station; HOT lane ramp pollution stirs opposition; NPS finds Jack’s replacement; This year’s bike lanes; Urbanism is not a fad; Movies by the ballpark; Pay for empty; The actual war on cars; Shorter Amtrak routes are best; 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…