Posts tagged Post Offices
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Many people use ZIP codes to determine place names. Here’s why that doesn’t work well.
In unincorporated areas, the names the US Postal Service associates with ZIP codes are commonly used to label a place. However, that’s a flawed method — here’s why. Keep reading…
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Many people use ZIP codes to determine place names. Here’s why that doesn’t work well.
In unincorporated areas, the names the US Postal Service associates with ZIP codes are commonly used to label a place. However, that’s a flawed method — here’s why. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bigger and better Metro
No extension on extension decision; Safety on the rise; More sprawl faster; No parking for post; Hine closer to consensus; Rant wrong on libertarianism, right on DPW failure; Crystal City will be more crystal-like; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: The sensitive subject of race
Kaya celebrates diversity; TBD dissects a gentrification article; Passengers may board at the back of the bus; Transforming the projects can lower crime; What’s good for GM may not be good for America; In Cuba, women hitchhike; Bike sharing leads to personal biking; California eases transportation project funding; And…. Keep reading…
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Watch the Post Office expand across the American frontier
In the days before telephones and the internet, the Post Office was a mark of civilization and a link to the rest of the world. Derek Watkins created a video to illustrate its expansion. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Profits, nonprofits, and no profits
Walmart donates $3 million for jobs; DC earmarks live on; The postman rings less; PG weighs trade off in road project; NPS fixing erroneous roadwork; Road designation hinders services; Gas tax will be next Congressional crisis; And…. Keep reading…
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Stop distorting the cost of living with anti-urban subsidies
From rural air service to military base sitings to post office closings, many federal policies pick winners and losers among places for people to live. Exurban communities require much more expensive infrastructure, yet policymakers cling to a system that rewards building or living on cheap land but has the government subsidizing all the other associated costs. The Federal… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: For real
Late-night service likely safe, other service not; Pass the negligent driving bill; 2 of 4 HPRB nominations may cause problems; UDC wants to grow in people, not cars; Drivers are safer, other road users…?; Tysons Corner 22102; Kidical Mass in 3 weeks; And…. Keep reading…
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Georgetown, Tenleytown post offices good opportunities for Smart Growth
The Postal Service wants to convert a single-use post office into mixed-use development in Georgetown. They should extend that idea to their Tenleytown branch as well. Our society has been shifting communication towards electronic media such as email, relying more on parcel services such as FedEx and UPS. That has created challenges for the Postal Service. This also creates… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being green
More soccer please; Latest delinquent landlord in Shaw: NPS; Another suburban office building is “greenest”; Even energy-saving features sometimes don’t; USPS assumes customers drive; Walking is Green(belt); Yellow over Green. Keep reading…