Posts tagged Parking Day
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How about Why Don’t We Control Our Own Parks Day?
Park(ing) Day (which is today; go check out a pop-up parklet at 12th and G, 1350 Pennsylvania, or 1101 Wilson in Rosslyn) started out as a guerrilla performance art project to call attention to how little public space on streets goes to people. In DC, there’s a different parks-related issue that needs attention: The obstacles to actually programming the parks we have. In… Keep reading…
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Parks popping up tomorrow for Park(ing) Day
Tomorrow is Park(ing) Day, where civic leaders and everyday people turn on-street parking spaces into temporary public parks to demonstrate the different ways we can use our public space. In our region, there will be parks tomorrow at the Wilson Building, Metro Center, and in Rosslyn. Along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the Wilson Building (between 14th and 13½ Street),… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Government moves
Maryland agency to New Carrollton; Tax increase on wealthy likely today; Orange pushes full-time, term-limited council; DC teachers pick merit pay; Fiona vs. Jack?; Senate could cut partnership; Who are the free riders?; Miami Park(ing) Day organizer arrested; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rethink bikes and parks
CaBi gets Congressional support; Today is Park(ing) Day; Council vs. bike assault and corruption; Views on housing policy differ in Fairfax; Volunteers provide kids a safe passage to school; Flooded neighborhood questions future; East of the river needs movies; WMATA watching employees more carefully; Maryland lowers toll ambition; And…. Keep reading…
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Wells, Catania organize Park(ing) Day on Pennsylvania Ave
For Park(ing) Day tomorrow, DC Councilmembers Tommy Wells and David Catania will turn 2 of the councilmember-only spaces in front of the Wilson Building into a temporary park. Casey Trees will do the same in Dupont, and the Montgomery planning department in Silver Spring. Park(ing) Day started as a performance art project from Rebar Group, which made a park out of one San Francisco… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The battle is joined
Cameras: the next bike safety feature?; McDonnell stops faking bipartisanship; Sulaimon Brown arrested, does one thing right; Metro morsels; Small savers get a slide; Architects pick box for big prize; NYC parking spaces to become parks; Ride with a bell or get strip searched?; And…. Keep reading…
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Don’t hear enough of me on the blog? And other events
On the off chance you haven’t had enough of my opinions from reading Greater Greater Washington, tune into WAMU now listen to today’s Politics Hour, or a Smithsonian seminar tomorrow morning. There are also many great events coming up around security at federal buildings, Maryland transportation, bicycling, DC historic preservation and more. The Politics Hour… Keep reading…
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Past and future chances to walk and bike
This week was, and is, jam packed with special events around walking and biking, including some great walking and biking tours coming up. Capital Bikeshare launched yesterday to great fanfare in the plaza behind USDOT. TheWashCycle summarized all the press coverage. Memberships are still $50 so join now! Don’t panic if the station you were hoping to use isn’t… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smarter smarter growth
Serious about TOD for PG; Adding insult to injury; With a little dedication…; Pinching pennies; Unparalleled parking; Eat the city. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Assault and speeding
Assault a bicyclist, get caught; More bicycling = less obesity; Parking to parklet; Ambulance calming?; Don’t be insecure: speed!; Robocars use less pavement; PPPs not practically perfect plans. Keep reading…