Posts tagged Stormwater
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Navy Yard sidewalks get sustainable stormwater systems
Near the soon to be opened and fantastic Park at the Yards, there’s a lot of new low-impact development infrastructure, a series of bioretention areas to capture stormwater. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Map to the secret
Amtrak as a subway; The secret’s out; “Sweeperscam”? “Robo-snitch”?; Norton news; Use creativity, not ART; Still off the MARC; “Increasingly difficult” to keep up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boxes big and small
DC getting in on big boxes; Metro improving safety; Reagan’s actions affect Reagan today; Does DC need to up its game?; Why don’t Amtrak and bikes mix?; Did you steal our trail counter?; Hit and run and get away; Fix the water, here’s no money. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation is for people
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How great are tree grates?
DDOT will soon be bidding contracts to reconstruct 18th Street in Adams Morgan. Adams Morgan Main Street is trying to persuade them to replace the standard tree boxes with grates. Tree boxes fence off an area for the tree’s soil and roots. Meanwhile, tree grates cover that space with a surface that people can walk on, but which allow rainwater to run down to the soil beneath. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alexandria’s turn
Potomac Yard planned; Slightly higher, flat parking rates; Lake no longer?; “Best” high schools; Have some transportation ideas?; Gambling yes, bikes no; Raze houses for a highway? In Brooklyn?. Keep reading…
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Middle Georgia Avenue getting “Great Streets” treatment
On May 17, 2010, work on the $7.9 million Middle Georgia Avenue Great Streets project began. The project is expected to last approximately 18 months and will include the area between Webster Street and Otis Place, NW, and include Upshur Street between 8th and 9th Streets. The District’s stated goals and objectives with their Great Streets projects are: Improve the quality… Keep reading…
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Will Tysons halfway plan bolster or doom the future city?
A few anti neighbors aside, Fairfax County leaders and advocates broadly agree with the goal of transforming our nation’s largest and most successful suburban office park district into an urban city, where most residents and workers travel in ways other than single-passenger vehicles. But nobody has done this before on such a scale, and there is less consensus on how, exactly,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Distracted driving not fine
Not “fine,” even for Redskins; Alexander hits cyclist; Don’t talk to someone while they’re driving; Fear not, aspiring U Street restauranteurs; Stormwater fee or tax?; Don’t fear Smart Growth; Keep riding on instead of building big garage; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s easy being green
Zoo listens to us; Green plan, needs green money; Planning Department veggies; People and things bumping cyclists; Rosslyn’s temporary plaza; The art avenue; X marks the cuts; Vote in Congress versus home rule. Keep reading…