Posts tagged Sprawl
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Breakfast links: The bike Rorschach test
Prince William County still sprawling; Metro collaborating with programmers; Increasingly alone driving alone; The Lorax army; Not all buses are created equal; Yes, schools still matter; Underground Fight Club; DC a hard place for Latinos; Spinning up conspiracies. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping it moving
Metro’s misfortunes; Blue Bus becomes Circulator 9/1; Bus stop consolidation very tough politically; BRAC imminent; Security sprawl; Washington Monument competition too modern?; Repeat after me. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving earth
Politically in PG; And…; Did you feel it?; The line on Purple; An urban Wal-Mart?; Obama vs. sprawl; Oregon to bag the bags?. Keep reading…
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Northrop Grumman eschews Metro for HQ
As expected, Northrop Grumman chose a suburban office park for its new corporate headquarters, rather than a Metro-friendly location. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: How will we retrofit suburbs?
Ellen Dunham-Jones, author of Retrofitting Suburbia, gave a talk at the TED conference about suburbs and the upcoming imperative to retrofit the failing parts of these places, like failed malls and dead office parks, to accommodate more compact living. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Suburban infrastructure
ICC tolls set low-ish; What Prince George’s wants; Even more Arlington; Too many exurbs; How the law turned against cyclists; MPD tech head logged out; Johnny was late because of subway crowding. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Christopher Leinberger
Welcome to our live chat with Christopher Leinberger, “Metropolitan Land Strategist,” developer and author. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Gotta lotta news
June’s service disruptions; Crash on K; “The park is parked”; What a cyclist sees; Virginians packing Amtrak; Roaring for bike sharing; The one good MLK Library view; Greater grocers; Even more ART; The other late-night change; Safe cars buried, then destroyed. Keep reading…
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Three-Beltways boosters perpetuate myths about growth
When the “2030 Group” recently launched to push for “good sustainable growth,” some charged that it’s just a stalking horse for the freeway lobby and the roads they’ve been pushing unsuccessfully for decades. That charge stemmed largely from the involvement of cofounder John Tilghman “Til” Hazel, a longtime freeway… Keep reading…
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Vancouver’s Larry Beasley talks DC’s Height Act in forum Tuesday, live chat Wednesday
One of the perennial topics for debate in Washington, DC is the 1910 Height of Buildings Act, which limited tall buildings and created the current “low-rise” skyline. Now, the Act is 100 years old. Has it served DC well or poorly? Keep reading…