Posts tagged Recreation Bridge
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Events roundup: Roar into the new year!
Start your new year right with events about Route 1 in Fairfax, car technology, DC’s 11th Street Bridge, trees, and more. Growth and the environment on Route 1: Development along Route 1 in Fairfax County can make the area more lively, and if done right, also help improve water quality at the same time. The Coalition for Smarter Growth will follow up its recent walking… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget barriers
DC budget brawl; Alexander rewards a contributor?; Bowser backs better buses; Silver Line, finally; Fairfaxers for unwalkability; Something about a map; Pay up Citibike; Robo-traffic?; And…. Keep reading…
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Cheh funds 11th Street Bridge Park, trees and recreation for Ivy City, and an Upper Northwest pool
Transportation chair Mary Cheh has released her serious budget proposals today, and has added funding to design and build a park on the piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, give the neglected Ivy City neighborhood new trees and a recreation center, and more. Keep reading…
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Vancouver-style Anacostia ferries and the Water Mall
Vancouver’s False Creek ferries shuttle people between major attractions and neighborhoods, activating their waterway. Yesterday, we discussed whether a similar program could achieve the same for the Anacostia River. Could a connected Anacostia become a significant destination or even a second, water-borne National Mall? The False Creek ferries run every 5-10… Keep reading…
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Could Vancouver’s ferries work in the Anacostia?
A fleet of tiny ferries zigzags back and forth between neighborhoods and major tourist attractions on both sides of Vancouver’s False Creek. Could the same work on the Anacostia River, connecting sites on Buzzard Point, Near Southeast, Poplar Point and Anacostia Park? When visiting Vancouver a few years ago, Greater Greater Wife and I took a hop on-hop off bus tour. When… Keep reading…
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Streetcar could make “recreation bridge” an active place
Would turning one of the old 11th Street bridges into a recreation destination work wonders for DC residents’ health or just create an empty spaces nobody uses? The difference might turn on the streetcar. The Office of Planning and other DC agencies are pondering ways to reuse one of the two spans of the old 11th Street bridge. A $350 million project to build a new set of bridges… Keep reading…