Posts tagged Nps
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Breakfast links: What you didn’t expect
Spacey takes CaBi; Gentrification reduces displacement?; Ward 8 isn’t the most jobless; Ervin supports the bag fee; CityCenterNowHappening; We have a lot of bike commuters; A little bit of tolerance; No tolerance for ads; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Show us the money
DC suing travel companies; NPS spending big on roads; Getting serious collecting debt; Walmart will anchor Tysons West; New Woodbridge slug lot mostly empty; Some agencies still headless; Thomas’s campaign gets scrutiny; A very green way to get fuel; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alternatives from east to west
No love for Anacostia streetcar; Reston designs its future; Dulles rail delayed a year; Many modes for cherry blossoms; Future of Ellipse area: still barricaded, less ugly; DOD should cover infrastructure in BRAC; Dealing with youth on Metro; NEC likely to get HSR money; And…. Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare introduces new 5-day pass
Capital Bikeshare has quietly added a new rental option: a 5-day pass, priced at $15. A formal launch is expected in connection with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which begins March 26. The pass appears in Capital Bikeshare’s rental agreement (PDF), which it recently updated, and DDOT spokesman John Lisle confirmed that the 5-day pass is indeed now available… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Motion in Maryland
Why Maryland kids don’t walk or bike; Two PG Metro board members named; Residents want station shuttered; Biddle knocks off Patterson, not Weaver or Mara; Park Police confront food trucks; National Bike Summit comes to town; DC’s AIDS progress slipping; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being green
NPS rejects BikeDC; Leggett proposing bag fee; H Street NE gets new trees; Biddle challenges signatures, some oddly; Steps to govern DC; Legislative shenanigans; Buses up for cuts; NYC wrestles with tour buses; And…. Keep reading…
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Work, intern, or volunteer at CSG, BAC, or NPS
Want to get more involved in urbanist issues? You could work or intern for the Coalition for Smarter Growth, be a National Park Transportation Scholar, or join the Bicycle Advisory Council. CSG is looking for a full-time Managing Director and a part-time Fundraising & Administrative Assistant as well as summer fellows. The Park Service is looking for a transportation professional… Keep reading…
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Rock Creek Park trails slated for fixes
The National Park Service and DDOT hope to make Rock Creek’s pedestrian and bicycle trails better by adding some connections, fixing some problem spots, and possibly widening the trail. At an a public meeting, NPS and DDOT presented alternatives from their Environmental Assessment for three areas. On the Rock Creek Park Trail (RCPT), there are two options besides a no-build… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shooting ourselves in the foot
APTA says scrutinize bag searches; Wealthier DC residents registering guns; The ICC’s mixed blessing; People coming into DCPS; Metro escalators are worse than they used to be; What should go at Rhode Island Avenue?; Home rule history has its ironies; Green homes bad, books good?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hate the Redskins (even more)
Snyder sues WCP, draws attention to his bad press; Snyder gets view, park loses trees; 395 HOT lanes out; Plazas could fight crime at Truxton Circle; How useful is the Circulator website?; Are you a car-free skeptic?; Streetcars4DC reviews report; And…. Keep reading…