Posts tagged Philadelphia
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Breakfast links: Sold!
Post gets sold; DCHA looks to redevelop HQ; Purple protests & support; Union an example for United?; Walk safe, pay attention; Next stop: Preservation; Cardboard cop cuts bike thefts 67%; The Vancouver model. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Track worked
A good weekend to bike; Saved from the tracks; No one wants the middle seat; Move Constitution Avenue?; The rent really is damn high; DC gov employees will get fatter paychecks; Cuccinelli won’t repeal VA transpo funding; Ride Montgomery for Earth Day; Share with brotherly love. Keep reading…
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DMU trains are the DC region’s missing transit mode
In the DC region we have Metro and commuter rail trains, with light rail, streetcars, and BRT all in the works. And of course, regular buses. But one common mode we don’t have is DMU trains, which bridge the gap between light rail and commuter rail. DMU stands for Diesel Multiple Unit. DMU trains are intended to operate on routes that look like commuter rail, but at almost light… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: It’s always charters and school closures
Data backs up KIPP performance; KIPP DC expels many students; Closing schools hurt neighborhoods; Highest-paid first-year teachers?; Enrollment is now up; LA races judge school reform; Are schools suppressing diversity?; Common Core backlash…already?; Surprise, internships matter!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxes and cars
Get rid of the hybrid tax; Car taxes oddly rise; Downside of sales tax on gas; Graham slapped for ethics; See DC from space; Sequestration means…; The next taxi regulatory fight; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Veterans
Thank you, veterans; Post not local enough; Fairfax court goes light on speeding, DUI; Efficient transit = expensive housing?; Restonians want less Silver Line TOD; 3 townhouses won’t be parking; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Non-electoral winners and losers
Green Line grows; Last call for millennials?; Philly zoning update crippled; Civic group vs. ANC in Bloomingdale; Draw boundaries around poverty?; “Idiot” drives on sidewalk; Phoenix aims to save pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public or private?
A new path for charters; Library group hurting libraries?; The eGoofacehoople Arts Transit Authority; 711 more solar panels; Pay DC more hotel money; The missing money; See money from space; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Share more
Car2go to expand; Fort Worth to share bikes; Paris bike share turns five; St. Elizabeths open to public; McDuffie fights car barn; WMATA upgrades Maryland bus stops; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DePillis extravaganza
Lydia wins; Kennedy Center shoots for the sun; DC goes east and up; Blight tax spurs RI Ave proposal; Give up your seat, guys; Take a van to work?; Entitlement fuels scandals; Philadelphia draws in suburban art museum. Keep reading…