Posts tagged Shoveling
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Will sidewalks and bike lanes get shoveled this year?
The Washington region hasn't had a snow like Sunday's since 2016. The region's governments are aggressively plowing roads for motor vehicles, but how will other infrastructure fare? Keep reading…
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Shovel your sidewalks! And send us pictures of buildings that don’t
Send us pictures of egregious non-shoveling! Take a picture (horizontally, please!) and send it to snow@ggwash.org for our “Sidewalk Snow Shoveling Hall of Shame.” Keep reading…
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Shovel your sidewalks, DC! You can get fined if you don’t.
For years, it was the law in DC that property owners had to shovel sidewalks after a snow, but there was no practical way to enforce the law. That stopped being the case last year, and owners of homes and buildings that don’t shovel can now get fines. Keep reading…
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Sidewalk snow shoveling hall of shame: Walmart, Autozone, Exxon, Hechinger Mall
Shoveling from the weekend’s snowstorm is a big job. Many residents and businesses have cleared sidewalks, but some have not. Those that deserve a special circle of hell: businesses who had no trouble shoveling huge parking lots but left their sidewalks impassable. Keep reading…
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Officials are blaming people for walking in the street, but they aren’t ensuring clear sidewalks
In the snowstorm’s aftermath, local officials are telling people not to walk in the streets. But they’re not offering any alternatives to those who don’t drive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Priorities
Creeping back to normal; New Olympic sport; See something, shovel something; Bikes are not a priority; To the skies; The sharing economy digs out; Where does all the snow go?; Where’s the beef?. Keep reading…
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Shovel your sidewalks! Now, you can get fined
For years, it was the law in DC that property owners had to shovel sidewalks after a snow, but there was no practical way to enforce the law. That’s now changed, and owners of homes and buildings that don’t shovel can get fines this year. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Faster, faster, slower, slower
Pick up the pace; Slow down for the children; The bus stops here; Exurban transit; You really gotta shovel this year; Pilgrims on a train; Fighting inequality; Studying Freddie Gray; Help us, Congress. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out in the cold
Deep freeze; Kicked off the bus; More housing, please; Olympics decision coming; Hogan’s picks; Never change; A better Penn?; Driving forecasts change; And in politics…; And on the streets…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The square and the triangle
No Spy Museum for Carnegie Library; Mount Vernon Triangle reborn; Told you so; DC taxis behaving badly; Chesapeake Bay benefits economy; Make sure you shovel; Save our parking lots; And…. Keep reading…