Posts tagged Park Police
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Visitors will walk far to MLK, as they do to most memorials
On August 28th, an estimated 400,000 people will attend the dedication of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. They will experience what thousands of visitors find every day: it’s hard to get to the memorials. The nearest Metro stop is Smithsonian, 0.8 miles away. In a special guide for those heading to the dedication, Metro wisely suggests not using this one, which… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unifying Union Station
Streetcar will open mid-2013; Columbus Plaza getting fixed, finally; Tweet for DC voting rights; Nowhere to put a bike at MLK; Brown would consider tax hike; Alexander faces more challengers; Is photography a constitutional right?; And…. Keep reading…
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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…
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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…
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Breakfast links: Keep us safe
Police brutally tase pedicab driver; More crime on the MBT; Should trains carry chemicals through urban centers?; More tweeting @metroopensdoors; Homeless to build homeless housing; Might TIGER support TOD?; No enforcement leads to parking anarchy; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not welcome here
Barry wants ban on apartments; Park Police ruin a family’s 4th; Do we need a cyclist anti-harassment bill?; Alexandria pushing wider roads for Mark Center; No tax breaks for facadectomies; London bike sharing turns one; Metro morsels; And…. Keep reading…
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HDR time-lapse shows Washington in a new light
Photographer Drew Geraci created this great sequence of time-lapse HDR photos around the District (and surrounding jurisdictions). Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Closed to the public
Anything ANC 5A says is meaningless; Taxi Commission not talking; Park Police also harassing pedicabs; WMATA needs more officers?; New York gets marriage equality; NY creating transit “lockbox”; Culture trumps economics; Don’t believe everything you read; And…. Keep reading…
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Shocking video shows serious Park Police disregard for rights
Yesterday, Park Police arrested 2 reporters simply because Taxi Commission interim chair Dena Reed wanted them removed. Jim Epstein, one of the reporters, has posted video showing a shocking disregard for constitutional rights from the arresting officer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Police and crime, but not always both
Arrested for reporting on Taxi Commission; What’s “impeding traffic”?; Bus drivers angry; Crash victims remembered, maybe with park; Arlington crowdsources CaBi placement; Dense(r) center near Quantico; Parking by day, shows at night; And…. Keep reading…