Posts tagged Strollers
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What is a feminist city? Author Leslie Kern explores how to make the region better for women.
Do our public spaces support the daily activities, care work, and needs of women? “Feminist City” examines how our cities, neighborhoods, and transportation decisions make childcare, household activities, and safety challenging for women. The author of this recently published book chatted with Greater Greater Washington. Here’s what she had to say. Keep reading…
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10 things I learned carting a stroller on transit for two years
I became a father in 2016. Shortly thereafter, thanks to the magic of a baby stroller, I began to navigate and experience transit differently. Here are 10 things I learned from that experience, Keep reading…
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WMATA mulls allowing unfolded umbrella strollers on Metrobus
WMATA bans open strollers on buses, but GGWash columnist Stephen Repetski writes that per its newest Amplify survey, the agency appears to be considering relaxing the policy. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to use public space
Fairfax against Tysons road; Hyattsville boosts public parking; Cracking down on loitering; Don’t congregate near Andrews; DC sees more Ward 6 voters; Arlington cab drivers protest; How New York recovered; And…. Keep reading…
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Could Capital Strollershare work?
We now have public systems to share bicycles. What about strollers? Tanya Snyder suggests a “stroller-share” system at Streetsblog. She points out that as soon as children get too large to carry long distances, parents simply can’t take their kids on a trip around the city on foot or using transit without a stroller. A stroller makes the bus or train a viable… Keep reading…
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Allow unfolded umbrella strollers on Metrobus
You can bring about anything onto a MetroBus — multiple large luggage, folding shopping carts, oversized packages — as long as it’s not an unfolded stroller. Metrobus should either ban all items that can’t rest on your lap, or to allow the smallest of strollers to board: unfolded umbrella strollers. DC’s Circulator adopted a stroller… Keep reading…