Posts tagged Sprawl
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Breakfast links: Heating up
Heat slows Metro; Pay by phone at 2 Metro lots; Wells wants to cut camera fines; Wards 5 and 8 get largest slice of the pie; Long commutes contain sprawl; Seattle plans for more, quicker density; Syracuse wants to lose “Berlin Wall”; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Congress and bikes
Issa OK with commuter tax; Can’t kill cooperation; Conflict resolution; A place to cross; Bike to Wolf Trap; Sprawl worsens drought; And…. Keep reading…
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Inadequate transit, sprawl cut off workers from jobs
If there’s a problem connecting workers with workplaces, it stands to reason that there’s a problem connecting workplaces with workers. A new report from the Brookings Institution has teased out the subtleties of this side of the transit/jobs equation. Keep reading…
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Then and now: Dulles sprawl
NASA’s Earth Observatory site shows how sprawl in the Dulles Airport area has grown through a comparison of 2 satellite images, one from 1984 and one from 2011. $(window).load(function() { $(’#container’).beforeAfter({ animateIntro : true, introDelay : 1000, introDuration : 1500, introPosition : .5, showFullLinks : true, beforeLinkText: ‘Show… Keep reading…
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Macho men (and others at Pride) love Capital Bikeshare
Yesterday was DC’s Pride Parade. Matt Johnson caught some signs which celebrate both DC’s LGBT community and its best urbanist qualities: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budgetary matters
Slip in the budgetary back door; Gas tax hike goes down; Wal-Mart slows down; If a parking lot closes…; This boom ain’t a bubble; The exurbs are toast; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Follow the money
See Orange’s money orders; More in campagn finance; Election needs money; Nats Park area gets pop-up retail; Wheaton gets more residential; Help seniors with smart growth; Love bicycling and water infrastructure?; We’ve drunk our milkshake; And…. Keep reading…
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More people support transit than new or wider highways
Over 90% of area residents want more public transportation options, walkable neighborhoods, and jobs close to housing, a WTOP poll found. WTOP’s article on the subject emphasized highway construction instead. Highways garnered moderate support, but not as much as transit. 65% supported widening highways, but only 51% of people said they favor new regional highways. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A bundle
Raid goes to the top; Move out or get a roommate?; DC’s most dangerous crossings; Herndon approves density plan; DC neglects crumbling facade; Where are the natives?; Residents revolt against liquor moratorium; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Unfortunately expected
Hurt cyclist ticketed for nonexistent violation; Costco “beautiful,” says Kwame; Let’s loosen the numbers; Evans has Logan Circle parking plan; Want a grocery? Add housing; Hidden urbanism; Sprawl is really quite big; Promise and peril in public housing; Elect the regionals?; And…. Keep reading…