Posts tagged Rock Creek
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Events: Learn more about Georgetown’s Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning
Learn about Georgetown University’s Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning program. Volunteer at a litter cleanup or invasive removal event in Rock Creek. More in this week’s events. Keep reading…
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Watch: Ward 3 DC Council candidates’ forum
Ward 3 DC Council candidates took the virtual stage on April 4 to discuss housing, transportation, and land use issues. Keep reading…
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The Red Line could have offered riders a peek at Rock Creek
Early plans considered putting trains inside the Taft Bridge between Dupont Circle and Woodley Park. Keep reading…
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Mayor Bowser wants affordable housing to be equitably distributed across the District
Neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are among the city’s wealthiest, have not built their fair share of affordable housing, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at a recent panel. And that’s a problem. Keep reading…
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Events: What can the Washington region learn from Vienna about affordable housing?
Vienna comes to the Washington region, the USDOT unpacks vehicle automation, get your last peek at the Rock Creek East I Livability Study, and more in this week’s events. Keep reading…
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How DC can build more homes in exclusive neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park
It’s hard to build nearly anything other than a single-family house in DC’s wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s stated goal to build 36,000 units of new housing in DC by 2025 is likely to run up against the fact that neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are zoned nearly entirely for single-family homes, don’t allow denser types of homes by default. Keep reading…
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Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal meet misanthropic planning attitudes
The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal in Georgetown is largely a desolate place, but a new plan aims to bring life back to the canal as it historically had. But not everyone thinks a livelier C&O Canal is a good idea, particularly the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, which has called the plans an ill-advised attempt to recreate New York’s wildly sucessful “High Line” park. Keep reading…
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How Hogan’s highway-widening plan would harm local parks and waterways
As GGWash has been covering, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is pushing to widen parts of the Beltway and I-270 with privately-run toll roads, ostensibly to address traffic congestion. As an environmentalist, my colleagues and I are especially concerned about how Hogan’s highway-widening plan would harm local air quality, rivers, parks, and more. Keep reading…
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Residents east of Rock Creek want more traffic lights and protected bicycle lanes
DC is taking a comprehensive look at how to improve the transportation network in neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park to make it safer and more accessible for all road users. Residents there want more bike lanes, traffic lights, and barriers to make streets more walkable and otherwise safe and useable. Keep reading…
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Events: Summer’s here, so why not take a bike for a spin?
This Saturday (June 15) you can join two biking events. At 9 am at the Grounds (1102 S Eads St, Arlington, VA), check out the Sweet Ride & Shindig, and starting at 10:30 am is the Better Bicycling Ride in Silver Spring at the Silver Spring Whole Foods (833 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD). Keep reading…