Posts tagged Power Lines
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How did the derecho affect you?
How has your neighborhood fared in the aftermath of the derecho? Friday’s violent storm left trees down and hundreds of thousands of residents without power across the region, especially in areas without underground power lines. Residents without power swarmed to electrified business districts in search of cooling, unspoiled food and outlets to charge a phone. On… 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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Use a market mechanism to push Pepco reliability
If Pepco were required to reimburse customers for electricity outages, it could push Pepco to improve reliability faster and more effectively than regulatory tools. The Washington Post ran a long investigative article last Sunday about Pepco. It took Pepco to task for its lousy reliability and exposed its weak excuses (and lies?) about its reliability problems. Pepco ranks… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transformation
Bike on Penn now; “Glass half full” vs. “frowny inflection”; Tysons transformed! Well, eventually; More ethnic food carts, hooray; Tear down power lines, not flyers; Fenty late to Metro memorial; TOD without ped safety brings tragedy; The “compass crusader”. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Zealous enforcers and budget maneuvers
Yo building is so ugly, only terrorists want to photograph it; Maryland offers more money for PG buses; MoCo may allow parking revenue to fund transit; Performance parking working in Philly; Berliner proposes more Metro stops in Bethesda; Arlington picks stimulus projects; Clarendon zoning adjusted; Park Service cracks down on pedicabs; An even greater Thomas Circle vision; Twice a day?. Keep reading…
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Brookland energized over power lines
Neighbors in Brookland, divided over development around their Metro station, are united on the latest issue in the neighborhood: underground power lines. Keep reading…