Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links: Underpaid
Capital Bikeshare underpays workers?; Food trucks protest; Veterans crash; Reverse commute trips rise; Metro redesign gets a redesign; Who’s the most anti-growth?; Vandalism plagues bus stops; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving to the future
Streetcars alight in DC; “Young urbanists” electorally growing; Rooftop bars mapped; Height study starts with meetings; DC-CANnot give you Internet; Government goings-on; Freeloading ends in Ocean City; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Opposition
Rs say no to Outer Beltway; WaWa drama; DC cabs: red with gray stripe; Landmark Mall forgets peds, bikes; Less foolish primary date; Who’s running; Harder to FOIA Virginia; And…. Keep reading…
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A neighborhood is about people, not buildings
When opponents of redevelopment say they want to protect the character of their neighborhood, what does that mean? A petition, circulated by activists in Arlington’s Bluemont neighborhood who oppose a mixed-use Safeway, suggests it’s mainly about the height of buildings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The military and the battle
Tanks roll into Ft. Totten; Rock Creek bike crossing needed; Mara leads in cash; McAuliffe doubles Cuccinelli; Trains to Virginia getting popular; Banning vans as rape prevention?; Wheaton moving too slow; Who has frequent network maps?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dig yourself a hole
DC Water is spending big; Bonds’ platform: “I’m black”; Benning is better; MPD not releasing marijuana data; Landmark Mall redevelopment far off; How smart is Street Smart?; Count traffic for $200; And… Keep reading…
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Scrap the food truck regulations
DC food trucks have grown in number and quality over the last several years, and are now a lunchtime staple in the District’s business corridors. But new regulations would directly undermine food trucks, giving DC workers fewer options and lower-quality food. Food trucks have been in a state of legal limbo since they first started selling lunches in 2009. Current regulations… Keep reading…
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FBI headquarters could stay downtown, but at a cost
As the FBI searches for a new headquarters location, most of the options have focused on the suburbs or Poplar Point, but Washingtonian reports on another proposal: Keep it downtown, at H Street and North Capitol Street, NW. But that location has serious downsides. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disappointing
Loudoun takes bike safety more seriously?; Crosswalks are the danger zone; Wait for
affordableKeep reading…public housing; ANC commissioners, pay attention!; Goodbye, L’Enfant monoculture?; Height limit pro and con; Fewer agencies in Wheaton?; VA funds transportation; It comes down to standing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No love for convenience stores
WaWa = poor suburban planning?; Georgetown against 7-Eleven; Metro getting cameras; DC gets more digital; Arts can draw tourists?; Logan Circle talks parking; Standing up to “Amtrak bullies”?; Transit relieves parallel traffic; And…. Keep reading…