Posts tagged Rankings
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“Coolest city” rankings don’t tell the whole story
Forbes recently named Bethesda America’s 17th coolest city, causing some to wonder if Montgomery County is becoming Portland on the Potomac. While their ranking and definition of a “city” are suspect, there’s still plenty to be excited about. The magazine based their rankings on several factors, including the number of restaurants, availability… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Buckle up
Heat may be damaging roads; Riders get no info to evacuate train; Wells is running; We’re #14!; Office development seeks shift to housing; Planners underestimate induced demand; Who needs an SUV?; And…. Keep reading…
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DC’s parks are 5th best in the nation, says “Park Score”
DC is 4th on Transit Score, 6th on Bike Score (and 4th to Bicycling Magazine), 7th on Walk Score, 6th worst in traffic, and 2nd in tech job growth. The parks folks have decided to get into the headline-grabbing rankings business (successfully) with a new “Park Score,” and DC comes in 5th. The Trust for Public Land ranked the 40 largest US cities on 5 metrics: the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Guilty
Charges in Gray investigation; Barry’s improbable Monday; Where the murders were; Keep your balance, CaBi; 4th best bike city; Not loving the car; Fort Walkable; The cul-de-sac tower; Quality beats quantity in transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Bike on
Many biked to work; Mixing cars created problem?; Divorce case increases marriage; Tech jobs growing; What billions buys; Pay camera tickets; Pop under in Dupont; Studies say; Parking’s blight; And…. Keep reading…
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Bike Score places DC 6th, shows big gaps in bikeability
Walk Score, which has been on a roll with new scores and rankings lately, created a new Bike Score reflecting a place’s bikeability. DC has the 6th highest Bike Score among cities they rated, but the map shows stark differences within the city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough
Give peak a chance; ICC too empty?; The Tide rolls on; Poplar going to auction; Peds, bikes now count; Tourism without a car; Biking in the future; Transit Score gets low quality score; And…. Keep reading…
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DC scores 4th in first Transit Score rankings
Yesterday, Walk Score — developer of the popular method for evaluating neighborhood walkability (and filling out NCAA tournament brackets) — announced its first ranking of cities by Transit Score, a measure of the “usefulness” of a city’s transit system. Keep reading…
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Which city’s rail system has the best Walk Score?
Last week, David Klion computed the Walk Score for all Washington Metro stops. How does Metro stack up to the other heavy rail systems in the United States? The answers may surprise you. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
Gray wants tall buildings EotR; Upping security; What’s affordable?; DC not really worst for business, redux; Bike beats car and bus; The Anacostia is really dirty; Alexandria rejects add-on tax; More on CaBi and bin Laden; And…. Keep reading…