Posts tagged Sprawl
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Dinner links: Survey says
The transit divide; Suburbanites want more city amenities; Bag fees would cut bags 80%; Roads don’t pay for themselves; Open Champlain, already; Look at those cute bicyclists!. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Trains or the lack thereof
Haymarket endorses VRE line but not to Haymarket; Retail Smartrip locations; Funding bias for highways “squandering” stimulus funds; Car dependence stifles Columbus, Ohio economy; No British word for high-speed rail?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People creating neat charts and graphs
Baltimore 15-minute map; Why people are driving less; A hopelessly sprawly exurb and a somewhat walkable one; Stop paving over your front yard; Should DC hybrid drivers be able to use VA HOV lanes?; Mixed-use federal buildings?; National Harbor says reroute is for safety; Boxer might sell out good transportation again. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving right through
Klein reveals stimulus grant priorities; Drive-thru, not bike-thru; Metro route choice survey back; Construction closes both sides of 6th Street; Banning throwing away clean bags?; Green buildings versus green cities; What do we do about crime?. Keep reading…
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Frontline examines imperiled watersheds and the Arlington solution
Last night, PBS’s Frontline aired a program about the threatened Chesapeake Bay. “More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination,” they write. Our health and food sources depend on these coastal areas, but new pollutants are… Keep reading…
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TPB creates more extensive yet sprawlier BRT map
Yesterday, we discussed the BRT proposal from the Transportation Planning Board that would apply for a stimulus grant to construct a beginning network of Bus Rapid Transit routes in the region. Dan posted in the comments that the committee had already expanded the map to contain a variety of corridors, which they will then whittle down to an initial network for the stimulus grant application. Here’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Art, plants and plans in the city
Art for 18th and Columbia; Street art; Mini robots are art, too; Backyard garden matchmaking; Bike lanes or bike-scooter-PUMA lanes?; Homeless newspapers growing; Free reusable bags already out; Giant subway-sized tunnel in Georgetown, but not for trains; Obama hyping sprawl to cut ribbons; Vehicle ownership down in DC; Walking up more than biking; Time to amend the Comp Plan. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Things people dislike
Things neighbors don’t like; Things developers don’t like; At the head; Studies slamming sprawl; Buzz is where you find it. Keep reading…
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Maryland creates “Clean Energy Center” in auto-dependent location
This looks like an April Fool’s joke, but isn’t. On Tuesday, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced that the new Maryland Clean Energy Center will be locate in a remote part of Rockville far from any transit, which will require all visitors to drive, adding to traffic, energy consumption, and pollution. The new center will be a quasi-governmental nonprofit… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Getting it done
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