Posts tagged Signs
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Should Chinatown be Times Square?
New York’s Times Square is the tourist heart of that city. It is filled with bright lights, chain restaurants, and professional entertainment that draws visitors from all over the world. 230 miles south of Times Square is Gallery Place. Since the MCI Center opened in 1997, it has been (after the National Mall) the tourist heart of Washington, DC. It is filled with bright… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Things to oppose, to support, to do
Giant billboards at Gallery Place?; Should Georgetown dream of seceding?; Support bag fees in MD; Hear Monument Wars author Savage; Alexandria dispatch: Bikes and BRAC; Visit Arlington, go to summer 2009 festival; Who you calling a gentrifier?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The official word
Bus changes; Bikes exist, say national standards; On streetcars; SmartBenefits postponement official; Toll vote today; Get a boost from a bike wheel; Springfield Mall still moving. Keep reading…
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Late breakfast links: Movers and shakers
Streetcars make landfall; Know where you are on H; Bubble in a donut; Bye bye billboards; Tax break narrowly approved; Hit-and-run? Oh well; Over in federal-land; And of course. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cutting the bureaucracy
No Mo’neme II; Ask about buses; Less red tape, more food carts; CHRS now really opposes wires; Neon coming back; The state of sprawl; Enough industrial plants?. Keep reading…
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Sidewalks, median, and two-way streets among Glover Park recommendations
DDOT is recommending pedestrian improvements, bike lanes, consolidating bus stops, two-way streets, a Wisconsin Avenue median, performance parking and more in their recently-completed Glover Park Transportation Study. Toole Design Group conducted the study on behalf of DDOT. They conducted a survey of residents, which found that 33% commute by bus compared to 20% by car,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back in the east
Live to teach; Still the only way on WTOP; Is it working?; Social pressure another weapon against distracted driving; “Ghost bike” intersection gets a sign; Not loving the heart sculptures; Meccarail; The really conservative position. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: States like it, commentators don’t
High-speed, Baltimore to Richmond, bit by bit; From bad to worse quality commentary; Loudoun mega-sprawl plan on foreclosure block; Sign them up; Who needs Central Park?; More from Maryland; As least we have SmarTrip. Keep reading…
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DDOT teasing blogs with five-year-old signs
DDOT’s public information office sent out a tweet linking to this picture of a mysterious sign reading “Notice: District Department of Transportation Research Program Demonstration Project on Signage.” DCist asked readers about it. What is this? A strange experiment in posting very verbose, meaningless signs? Keep reading…