Posts tagged Retail
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Breakfast links on the run: It’s a treat
“Treat the next person”; HOT lane opposition growing; Stimulus projects creating congestion; Reconnecting zoning. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hitting a wall
Free transit if you develop an app; Put the jobs near the people; Why-Mart?; Distracted reporter driving; Don’t be chicken; Klingle all the way; Two mayors on parking. Keep reading…
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With Safeway and library, Tenleytown takes two steps forward and one step back
This past week, Safeway revealed their plans to renovate the Safeway at 42nd and Ellicott Streets, along Wisconsin Avenue in the northern reaches of Tenleytown. What they propose (huge PDF) is a dramatic improvement over the bunker-like current building, and will enliven a dreary section of the neighborhood. However, the project includes no residential or commercial component… Keep reading…
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Win $1000 from Safeway; walkers, bikers not eligible
Safeway and a local radio station are giving away $1000 to 14 people. All you have to do is put a sticker in your car’s windshield; they’ll randomly pick out cars parked in the parking lots of Safeway stores to be the winners. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT lanes, cold retail market
Suicide by Metro; I-66 hot again in the press, on the campaign trail; Tempers hot on 95 and 395; Correct(ing) the park(ing) story; No traffic lights in London; Empty storefronts are increasing. Why?; 1940s Sears didn’t destroy Tenleytown; The perfect city according to Byrne; The “rural until we want sprawl there” tier. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ouch
Charter driver hits Metrobus; Hello? Police?; The new new corridor; “Transportation” equals “roads” to AASHTO; Preston Bryant to chair NCPC; Making the east coast look bad; Hunting for better bicycling; A whale of a cake. Keep reading…
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ARTS report balances bars and arts, requirements and bonuses
ANCs and other community groups have a reputation for taking an anti-change, knee-jerk anti-development point of view. Just look at yesterday’s discussion of the Georgetown ANC, including many of the comments. Over in the 14th Street area, however, a committee of residents and business owners appointed by ANC 2F has created a very thoughtful and sensible set of recommendations… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Arlington to Canada to Japan
Metro down (this weekend); Recycling, bike racks up; Counting coming; Why “pedestrians”?; Photos okay at USDOT, assuming guards get the memo; Transit smart cards, improved; Not so bike friendly. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot trains, hot tempers
HSR looks better when you consider real projects; The bike lane made me commit assault; Bye bye boarders; It’s hot in there; Park the festival; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Economic solutions, bureaucratic problems
Sluggers not hot on HOT; Yes, pricing existing lanes would be better; Get paid to move closer to work?; Washington Gas renegs on Capital City Diner; New private roads still create “silos”; Too much work to listen?; Now vs. then’s view of now. Keep reading…