Posts tagged Public Safety
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Breakfast links: The battle for late night service
Are buses enough?; SunTrust saga continues; Uproar over engine roars; River Road improvements; Another sit-down for Anacostia; Emergency evaluations; And…. Keep reading…
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In DC, access to medical care really depends on where you live
We know that emergency vehicles take longer to get to DC residents who live east of the Anacostia River, but how does where people live in DC affect their access to non-emergency medical care? Fewer clinics, pharmacies, and vaccine locations east of the Anacostia River means access to non-emergency medical care is more difficult there as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy people
Diverse neighborhoods; ADU lands in NW; Big homes in Brookland; Eight-car crunch; Woodley Park stop sign; Purple Line move along; DC United done deal; The Fed does housing; Fixing Penn Station; Bike share in Vegas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Work work work work work
Employeepalooza; New taxi routes; End of the line no more; Disclose your purchase; No driver? Green light; Judging gun control; Our economy is slacking; Baltimore bus problems; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Arlington streets made for walking
Pedestrian only in Arlington; Metro blues; SunTrust’s new treatment; Don’t forget to hit record; More money for city dwellers; Density or sprawl? How about both?; Next stop, Margaritaville; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing market hot streak
Housing is hot; Neighbors say no; Phishing season; No choice for Metro?; Changes to flight paths; Bridge dreams burnt; The dangers of digging; Rent my bike; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find the 9/11 memorial; imagine one for climate change
Have you heard of this memorial?; A climate change memorial for DC?; Is the SunTrust plaza “sacred”?; Purple Line appeal begins; Evans says no fare hike; Get your Tubman & Douglass SmarTrips; Loudoun, bike mecca?; What Amtrak will buy with $2.45B; Students versus homeless tenants; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC’s new zoning code is here
DC retools zoning laws; Metro has fewer riders, wants shorter hours; A mixed report for Metro safety; Not enough fire trucks; Smaller hospital, bigger hospital; Beyond bike-friendly; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Middle class drowns in mortgages
Underwater in Prince George’s; DC’s broken policing; More reliable, less punctual; Minimum wage not enough; DC’s coolest playground; Manspreading is not a new phenomenon; Smarter bridges. Keep reading…
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Ambulances take longer to reach you if you live east of the Anacostia River
Ambulances in DC generally take longer to respond to neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, and the river itself seems to be part of the cause. This map, which I made using data obtained from DC FEMS under the Freedom of Information Act, shows areas of the city where the proportion of all critical 911 calls where an ambulance took more than 10 minutes to arrive at the scene from the time… Keep reading…