Posts tagged Pepco
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Breakfast links: Down to the wire
Loudoun decide on Silver Line; Gray criticizes slow Pepco; Pepco too close to local officials?; Mapping DC’s power outages; Ohio Congressman targets streetcar funding; Apartments sell themselves through bikability; DC taxis threaten strike; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Powerless
Storm leaves homes in the dark; Walmart will bring too much traffic; Nader urges little strike for statehood; CaBi strengthens local bike shops; Young men leave cars?; DC extends pool time; CUA will reduce parking, then build more; Banned intercity buses crowd out Chinatown minibuses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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With prodding, Pepco removes double utility poles
Pepco trucks recently invaded Glover Park to remove redundant utility poles that have been cluttering neighborhood streets for the past decade. Thanks to persistent community advocacy, these eyesores will soon disappear. Around 2001, Pepco replaced its existing utility poles in Glover Park with new taller ones, as part of an effort to improve electrical reliability and… Keep reading…
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Pepco Benning Road site is perfect for the NFL or FBI
The FBI is looking to move its headquarters, and some DC leaders are trying to woo the Redskins back to the District. The soon-to-be-shuttered Pepco power plant would make an ideal site for either one. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Everything’s fine
Fines for the food trucks; Fines for poor electric service; Seattle police mock injured jogger; Don’t forget the small businesses; Are “discretionary funds” too discretionary?; One strike, you’re out of public housing; HUD gets less sustainable; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting what you don’t want
Friendship Heights gets power, not residents; Congo gets a protest over front yard; Issa giveth and taketh away for DC; Gray supports globe on freeway idea; Deal makes Silver Line to Dulles likely; Windshield perspective gets creative; Bad trail; Keeping up on corruption; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to build community
BIDs can transform neighborhoods; Eisenhower Ave still lacking vibrancy; Warner wants Potomac bridge; Some cities banning plastic bags; DC stops paying federal lobbyists; Gray withdraws elections board nomination; Can you hear me now?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Eminent domain is imminent
Eminent domain hits the big screen; Skyland still pie in the sky; Smart Growth can save Marylanders billions; Pay for parking by phone in MoCo; Should MoCo join the power business?; DC has surplus; The high cost of required parking; Danish peds step up; Electric car drivers upset over fees; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Lower rent, higher traffic
New Tysons housing more affordable?; Pushing for more traffic enforcement; Don’t count on Outer Beltway; More roads, more traffic; 4000 series causing problems; Some resist underground parking; What’s up with Alexandria’s waterfront?; DC man pushes Pepco for solar; And…. Keep reading…