Posts tagged Public Parking
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It’s a little harder to pay for parking in Montgomery County
Montgomery County’s limited options for paying for parking, besides using piles of quarters, shrank some more yesterday, as the county announced it will not longer support popular Parking Meter Cash Keys. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety first
On the trail; Idaho Stops may be safer; Orange cones, no phones; Surviving earth, wind, and fire; Poverty in new places; Eastern Market more like 7-Eleven; Reinvigorating Crystal City; Casino’s signs worry neighbors; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cycle stats
Even more bike, lately; Trash can follies; Transit center blues; The Show-Me Station?; Shape Bethesda; Running from streetcars; Slow down; Selling public space for private gain; Drones of Brookland; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Furloughcation over
Shutdown comes to a close; The post-shutdown commute; DC gets budget autonomy, sort of; A booze-filled shutdown; Amtrak stations not fully accessible; Coming to a Metro station near you; RFK Stadium parking lots going green?; Frederick Avenue corridor can’t sustain itself; And…. Keep reading…
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Put rooftop bars atop empty parking garages?
Montgomery County has lots of empty parking garage roofs with great views, but they’re closed to the public. We could take advantage of this wasted space by turning them into event spaces. Last week, a map of rooftop bars in DC made by Petworth resident Tom Allison circulated on social media. Produced with the help of contributors on Reddit, the map shows several lofty watering… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling backward
No more rollback; Anti-transit GOP; Not another parking lot; Parking full, no Metro for you; Farmers markets may become accessible to poor; Bixi pix; Leggett again chooses against walkability. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Virginia rails rule
Money train to Lynchburg; VRE gains Gainesville study; Work out on the train; Out of sight but not out of mind; Driver texting?; DC eagerly repeating DC USA; It’s not “your” space. Keep reading…
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Parking garage not the answer for Cleveland Park
Election season must be getting underway. Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3), normally a strong proponent of Smart Growth, has proposed spending public money to build a parking garage in Cleveland Park. Despite having a Metro station in the middle of its commercial corridor, some local merchants and visitors want to see a parking garage built in this walkable section of Connecticut… Keep reading…