Posts tagged Nps
-
Weekend links: Getting serious about parks
Tourmobile’s end “likely”; A tale of two parks; Numerology of bus transit; DC’s gays live closer to downtown; Maryland and counties duel on Smart Growth; Floridians run for their lives; Suburban poverty rising; The ultimate environmentally destructive highway; Capital cities unfairly reviled; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Overtime, over budget, overdrive
Metro workers pulling long hours; Silver Line funding still in question; AAA still fighting for speeders; Program matches parents for carpools; What’s “just right” for porch height; MLK Memorial will open to all; Arlington marks scandal and intrigue; Satire map plots stereotypes; Could an overlay stop more churches on RI Ave?; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Suburban traffic engineer follies
Fairfax proposes deathtrap at Wiehle; MCDOT speeds cars, makes area unsafe to walk; Arlington making Glebe safer; Tourmobile going, eventually; Wells hits deer; NYC bike lane survives lawsuit; Park ideas bloom; In mob news; And…. Keep reading…
-
Fence will cut off park from Dupont Metro, 42 bus stop
The small triangle park across Q Street from the Dupont Circle Metro north entrance will soon get a long-needed renovation, but will also get a fence that will make it harder to use the park, walk along Connecticut Avenue, or wait for the bus. In 2007, a Planned Unit Development was approved for 1000 Connecticut Avenue. PUDs must provide community benefits in exchange for the zoning… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Profits, nonprofits, and no profits
Walmart donates $3 million for jobs; DC earmarks live on; The postman rings less; PG weighs trade off in road project; NPS fixing erroneous roadwork; Road designation hinders services; Gas tax will be next Congressional crisis; And…. Keep reading…
-
Weekend links: “Washington” versus DC
NPS hyperventilates on pedicabs; Union Station v. DC; EoR Circulator route announced; Sarles won’t go to NYC; Union chief denounces long and short workdays; New York putting the ‘park’ in Park Avenue; Paved Louisville and put up a parking lot; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Won’t you be my neighbor?
Military base tries to create its own version of DC; Social services are a delicate task; WMATA stops fighting union raises; NPS enhacing citizen experience; Are drug laws racist?; Government finances run on cycles; DC has another revolving door of lobbyists; And…. Keep reading…
-
Home of the ‘father of black history’ should be restored
Carter G. Woodson is often known as the “father of black history” due to his contributions to African American scholarship. His historic home on 9th Street, NW sits vacant and unused, but the National Park Service owns and could restore it. In 1912 Woodson became the second black American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. His industrious scholarship… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Lots of suggestions
Should Oklahoma/Benning get an infill station?; Visual traffic light countdown?; How to draw ANC lines?; Is “NIMBY” an insult?; Hear from the driver who stopped for Beaujon; Snyder tries to diminish DC’s home rule powers; Growth in Old Town affects crime reporting; And…. Keep reading…
-
Park Police hassle driver who stops at GW Parkway crossing
Crosswalks along the GW Parkway are very dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. But instead of fixing the problem, the Park Police are pulling over and criticizing drivers who stop to let people cross. TBD’s Andrew Beaujon reports that this morning, he was trying to cross the parkway on his bike, and a driver slowed down to let him. In response, Park Police officers pulled… Keep reading…