Posts tagged Parking Minimums
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Breakfast links: Graying society
AAA wants baby boomers to keep driving; Property tax credits for elderly; Parking still excessive on Black Friday; Hope for the Height Act?; Tiny houses show possible affordable avenue; Four more years?; Derailed train was speeding; Work at CSG; And…. Keep reading…
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Zoning Commission grills AAA on parking minimums
We don’t know yet if the DC Zoning Commission will go along with proposals to reduce parking minimum requirements, but some commissioners certainly seemed skeptical about a few arguments to keep the old rules from AAA Mid-Atlantic. Many residents testified on the proposal at a hearing on Tuesday. So many people had signed up that there’s an overflow hearing this… Keep reading…
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Parking requirements aren’t one-size-fits-all
Hearings on DC’s zoning update continue this week with sessions today and Thursday on parking minimums. I’m testifying about the need to reduce or eliminate parking requirements downtown and in transit-accessible areas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New millennium
Millennials change DC; Robotic parking garages are coming; Verizon center billboards go live; Infrastructure charges lead to foreclosures; Fairfax planners nix Huntington TOD; Fairfax schools foresee cuts; Suburbs compete in bikability; LA debuts new data portal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: And so it begins…
Shutdown’s big costs; Amtrak keeps rolling; Train and bus services altered; SmarTrip changes begin today; Maryland tackles distracted driving; New parking minimums for MoCo?; What if DC went from tall to short?; Purple Line concessions raise questions; Bike parking guidelines needed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sustainable DC
Innovate to sustainability; Streetcar planning begins; Is gentrification cyclical?; Bicycles are traffic too; Looking for J Street?; Parking-free “Banned in Boston”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less parking, more sharing
Less parking in the future; Greed may limit parking; Council halts parking passes; Ridesharing approved; Maryland worst for emissions; Redevelopment proposed for Wheaton; Cycletrack sets bad precedents; Plurality support congestion charge; Metro escalators disappoint; And…. Keep reading…
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Sign up right now to testify on DC’s zoning update
After 5 long years, DC’s process to update its decades-old zoning code is almost done. But DC won’t make important progress on reducing parking minimums, allowing accessory dwellings and corner stores, and more without your help. The Zoning Commission just released dates for its public hearings on the zoning update. They will span 9 nights in November, with a different… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Development under the lens
Red Line could close for 6 weeks; How United stadium stacks up; Skyland awaits a decision on Walmart; Too many developers on CTB?; Do parking taxes help development?; Are yard requirements increasing housing costs?; More traffic cameras in Maryland; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How well does it score?
Rate the TOD; Growth of a deaf-friendly neighborhood; Georgetown students for classical style; It’s style, not size, at McMillan; Development details; “End of Autopia”; Where the groceries are; Parking minimums in NYC; Sprawl and suicide?; And…. Keep reading…