Posts tagged Seven Corners
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How can Arlington Boulevard be safer for all road users?
VDOT is thinking about the future of Arlington Boulevard/Route 50 through Falls Church, and it created a survey to understand what the public thinks and wants to be done in the area. Keep reading…
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High costs aren’t the only reason people move away from cities. Sometimes, they just want to live somewhere else.
A lot of writing about housing in DC says minorities, immigrants, and low-income people are being pushed out of the city due to high housing costs. That’s true for many. But even if the District were more affordable, some may not choose to live there. And that’d be okay. Keep reading…
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A zoning change in Fairfax will allow more density
In Fairfax, the zoning code now allows buildings that are near Metro stations or that are part of certain commercial corridors to be denser than than before. The Board of Supervisor’s decision to approve the change last week is emblematic of an effort to make sure that new housing and office space are paired with transportation options. Keep reading…
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High costs are a big reason people move away from cities. But sometimes, they just want to live somewhere else.
A lot of writing about housing in DC says minorities, immigrants, and low-income people are being pushed out of the city due to high housing costs. That’s true for many. But even if the District were more affordable, some may not choose to live there. And that’d be okay. Keep reading…
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Fairfax is redeveloping Seven Corners with more housing and transit
Seven Corners, a growing population and commercial center in Fairfax, is both ridden with traffic congestion and lacking housing options. A new plan for the area is going to make it more walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly, as well as more sustainable and inclusive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Asbestos and concrete
Asbestos on the rails; Even more Transit Center money?; Wheels for those in wheelchairs; Subsidized solar; It’s electric; Seven corners a go; Big or small. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Money, money, money
Pay to play ball; Surface parking now below; Cramped corners; No profit in running Metro; RIP Ron Linton; Hi-Yo, Silver Spring; Spare a dime?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New and improved
7000 strikes again; Revolutionary; Recount recalled; School focus; 2001, A Cycling Odyssey; Just around the corner; Still standing; It’s so simple. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The good, the bad, and the ugly
No ‘free-range’ kids; Legalize Airbnb; Old school or new school; Higher wages for VA; A safer Prince George’s; Proxy War; Parking oversupplied; Retire to NYC; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Busing it
Seven Corners gets transit center; Redevelopment rumblings for Glenmont; Counting the homeless; Residents stuck in limbo; Gas taxes are the best; When sprawl isn’t sprawl; Thriving without parking; To save or not to save?; Rents may fall. Keep reading…