Posts tagged Sprawl
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Breakfast links: Bring in the dough
Brown puts tax cuts first; A stop sign for a suburban Walmart; PG’s sprawling problem; Will Metro get fixed?; Restoration used to be racist; No need to watch for bikes, peds in Virginia; VA House may cut unions from Silver Line; Transportation bill a speeding SUV; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Next time will be better
A mea culpa for the meltdown; Streetcars gone 50 years; Condemn me; DC statehood gets mixed reception; No more spending; The health effects of urban design; The great art of the train; 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…
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Breakfast links: No funding
Trail defunded; No bill this year; Less of a deduction; Smart growth advocate to HPRB; Transit tweets are negative; New MD website lacks open data; Frederick fights sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Turning the corner
How the Dutch became cyclists again; Exurban sprawl stopped; A tale of two high-speed rails; Metro deaths remain a mystery; Counties should help pay pensions; A Midtown facelift; Comments can be vicious; And…. Keep reading…
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In fringe suburbs, has economics trumped the appeal of new?
The recession and the burst of the housing bubble have stopped development in many fringe suburbs. With many urban neighborhoods on the rise, some suggest that fringe suburbs are on the decline. Has simple economics surpassed the appeal of “new” in the hinterlands? There’s been a lot of chatter around the blogosphere about Christopher Leinberger’s… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Breakdown boogie
Music of malfunction; Should Amazon be taxed?; Pop-ups invade vacant lots; Hispanics disproportionately killed on roads; Streetcar purchase drama continues; Reimagining the alley; India plans to sprawl. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 16 fewer cars
Metro pulls cars; DDOT still committed to bike lanes; New use for parking garage; Woodridge wants a main street; How should federal buildings look?; Students could lose parking privileges; DHS delayed; Keep sprawl in Czech; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Everything old is new again
Urban farming returns to DC; Fighting sprawl in 1959; Mark Center gets a parking max; Cities fight gangs, power vacuums; UK crashes mapped; Eisenhowers criticize Eisenhower Memorial; Cop hits bicyclist; Next stop, holiday cheer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half or double?
Transit benefit will shrink by half; DC taxi rate may double; Watergate Safeway, 1966-2011; Mall parking 60% empty; Replace fringe malls with downtown growth; Why’s it hard to shop locally?; Mickey Mouse is out; Slower speeds safer, but practical?; And…. Keep reading…