Posts tagged Snow
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Well, the streetcar works in the snow
Today’s snow made for at least one happy side effect: The H Street streetcar got an opportunity to test operations in challenging weather. So far, it seems to be working smoothly. Keep reading…
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Morning links: A snowy day
Snow problems; Trash, treasure; New Bike Bill; Bike programs on break; DC dynasty?; Funding conundrum; Old Town upgrades; Say yes; And…. Keep reading…
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DC will force property owners to shovel sidewalks, with higher fines for bigger and commercial buildings
Property owners might actually face enforceable fines for not shoveling their snow in the winter one year from now. Councilmember Mary Cheh was able to win over some nervous colleagues and won passage of a bill after amending it to give small residential property owners lighter fines and exempt seniors and people with disabilities. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peel back the ground
Big ideas for Smithsonian; Plowing snow in bike lanes; Bike safety bill delayed; More bike lanes, more bicyclists; Vacant lots for sale; CCT worry; Triwizard Tournament; Why the bag fee works; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More places to bike
Klingle getting built; CaBi expanding in Arlington; Shovel, Montgomery; Will the stadium community benefit?; Belvoir boom burgeons; Abandoned homes to affordable housing; Transportation answers; And…. 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…
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Breakfast links: Ward 8 winners
Bike lanes in all 8 wards; Wait, there’s an election?; Housing the homeless; A small moratorium lift; FBI to… AFRH?; Facelift for Upper Marlboro?; Where are the stores?; Filmed in DC?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: One high school will get an international focus, another may stay closed for a while
Roosevelt HS will reopen with international focus: The troubled Petworth school, currently being modernized, may offer dual language instruction and international travel when it reopens in 2015. (Post) Shifting school renovation money: DC Councilmember and mayoral candidate David Catania wants to delay reopening Spingarn High School as a career and technical education… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Bowser takes a position on school boundaries but keeps other issues open
Candidates on school boundary proposals: Democratic mayoral nominee Muriel Bowser opposes cutting neighborhoods east of the park out of the Deal-Wilson feeder pattern, and presumptive independent candidate David Catania would “press pause” on the whole thing until schools have been improved. (Post) Bowser cagey on keeping Henderson: The candidate met with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bowser, Nadeau beat incumbents
Bowser is the nominee; Nadeau beats Graham; What took so long?; Transit center in 2014?; Circulator extends hours; Transit partnership will save money; Congress discussing transit benefit again; Too many tickets amid blossoms?; DC region is a flop for investors; No snow day exception; And…. Keep reading…