Posts tagged Race
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today
Shift your mode today; Refill SmarTrip online next month; Loudoun might drop the Silver Line; MPD’s demographics shift; Post-9/11 security eases slightly; Rail operators run red signals; Just steps from Walmart!; DC Water at odds with Earthjustice; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: There’s still hope
Can bike lanes keep proliferating?; Alexandria still pondering CaBi; DoD could hold BRAC moves; Issa would help DC; Hand wringing over gas prices; Marylands tolls cheap, need raising; Blumenauer wants better commuter benefit; Big racial gap in housing, here & elsewhere; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Once upon a time
Time means change; The Mount Pleasant riots; Landlords discriminate against poor; The consequences of DUI leniency; MoCo ups traffic safety enforcement; CaBi clips; Charters as the internet of public education; McDonnell renews push for drilling; Governments asking you about engaging you; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Our elected leaders
Vote now; Biddle fades at the finish; Seegars makes interracial marriage an issue; Coalitions can be contradictory; MD legislature ignored environment; Costco returns would take a decade; Boat club nixed public plaza; St. E’s at risk?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s historic?
Taller can still be historic; Not historic enough, says HPO; Arlington GOP opposes CaBi; Some Maryland officials support TOD only in theory; Orange plays race card in final weekend; Paying drivers to avoid traffic; DC USA gets more stores; Bus stop proximity by income; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Whither the suburbs?
Suburbs dying?; City vs. suburb is outdated; What to do about Route 1?; SF performance parking launches, works; Instant Then and Nows; Activists want both TDM and parking for Walmart; Promoting bikes across race; Roof garden for the city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
Streetcar almost done; Affordable housing takes hit; Pentagon fudged on BRAC numbers; Bike thefts growing problem; Mixed neighborhoods are prefered; From one election to another; Drivers apparently oblivious; CaBi data dump; And…. Keep reading…
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True urbanism must come with a big tent
Urbanists in the District and elsewhere often find themselves at odds with longtime elderly and working class residents who challenge our positions on transportation and planning. This unnecessary animosity is caused by a narrow-minded concept of urbanism that antagonizes families, the elderly and long-term residents. Many urbanists seek greater density by revitalizing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mixed feelings
Welcome diversity or dog-park invaders?; Walmart can be good for small retailers; Height limit raisers include Gray; Inexperience a factor in derailment; Streetcars bring access, investment; Arlington, Alexandria cooperate on bus lanes; What’s faster than a bus?; And…. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Harrison’s Café
In an era when most of Washington’s fine restaurants excluded black customers, Harrison’s Café satisfied a variety of appetites. Keep reading…