Posts tagged Pennsylvania Avenue
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Breakfast links: Metro’s big bite of the Big Apple
NYC subway safety leader joins Metro; Mort Downey on the “death spiral”; Fairfax City does a 180 on homeless support; CaBi flourishes in Alexandria; Safety after the Fort Totten crash; Historic “shotgun house” plans; The skywalk is the limit…ing factor. Keep reading…
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Just blocks from the White House… new bike and bus lanes?
A new protected bikeway could go in along Pennsylvania Avenue west of the White House, along with a contraflow bus lane on nearby H Street. DDOT is launching a study to review these possibilities, and is seeking public input. Keep reading…
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The FBI building’s new owner will be allowed to build tall, and D Street is coming back
Reconstructing D Street NW and allowing buildings taller than DC’s usual height limit are likely at downtown’s J. Edgar Hoover Building, once the FBI moves out. The National Capital Planning Commission’s staff backed these proposals, and today the official commissioners will likely accept them. The staff left a third question, how wide the sidewalks should… Keep reading…
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After the FBI moves, Pennsylvania Ave could be reborn
The FBI is decamping from its headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover building, leaving the deteriorating 1974 brutalist building and its site on Pennsylvania Avenue up for reinvention. You can weigh in on what comes next for the site. Keep reading…
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Five bus lines everyone in DC should know, love, and use
Metrorail’s six lines are so easy to remember that most Washingtonians have memorized them. Here are five convenient bus lines that everyone in town should know just as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We’d really like nice things
Less money; Escalator out; Why transit stinks here; Police on camera; Pennsylvania Avenue revitalized; Maximize the Mall; Tapped out; Singing for statehood; In LA the car is out; Hello old friend. Keep reading…
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Which DC Councilmembers support fully protecting the Pennsylvania Avenue bikeway?
To stop drivers from making dangerous U-turns across the Pennsylvania Avenue bikeway, DC has installed physical barriers — except on two blocks right where DC councilmembers park. Are councilmembers the obstacle? We asked them if they support completing the barriers. Keep reading…
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The secret park by the White House could be great, if people knew about it
Pershing Park is one of DC’s most unique and potentially pleasant public spaces. Unfortunately, few people have ever enjoyed it because the park’s best elements are hidden behind an uninviting raised embankment. Keep reading…
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Bollards shape bicycle tracks in the snow
Snow is not just fun or a chore to shovel, but also a planning tool in the way it visually reveals the paths people take as they walk, bike, or drive. Jeff Miller captured this fascinating photograph of how bicyclists’ many paths converge on a few points as they pass through the bollards on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out in the cold
Deep freeze; Kicked off the bus; More housing, please; Olympics decision coming; Hogan’s picks; Never change; A better Penn?; Driving forecasts change; And in politics…; And on the streets…. Keep reading…