Posts tagged Suburbs
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Events: Hacks for better bicycling
Happy New Year! 2019 “rolls” in with a number of transportation gatherings, including a bike hack night and much more. Keep reading…
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How the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad and the Penn Line shaped the region’s suburbs
Much of DC beyond the original L’Enfant city and Georgetown consists of “streetcar suburbs,” namely late-19th and early-20th Century communities that grew up around streetcar lines. This week we’re digging into the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad and the Penn Line. Keep reading…
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Forcing suburban developers to build the wrong road projects brings sprawl
When there’s a new subdivision planned, the new homes and other buildings come with a corresponding amount of additional vehicle trips. If the road network can’t handle the expected traffic, the developer is required to build whatever transportation projects are necessary to accommodate them. Keep reading…
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Some Anne Arundel County residents want to shut down their light rail. Again.
Some residents in Anne Arundel County are pushing to close light rail stations that run in their communities to Baltimore. (No, this isn't an old post from 2011. Or from 1994.) Closure proponents claim they're concerned about crime from light rail riders, but there's no evidence of increased crime in the area, from the train or otherwise. Keep reading…
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National links: Dallas doubles down on its highway mistakes
Dallas made forward-thinking plans for its highways — then abandoned them. Self-driving cars and jetpacks are shiny, but the future of transportation is still public transit. Bloomberg contributors debate whether increasing density or increasing sprawl most relieves the housing crunch. Keep reading…
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Hey DC YIMBYs, need data for your arguments? Here it is.
Urbanists and YIMBYs in DC have been making some of the same arguments for a long time: we need to build more homes, studios and one-bedrooms help and don’t hurt, too much of DC is zoned like a suburb and that’s exclusionary. Ever wish you had more to back that all up? Well have we got a report for you. Keep reading…
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Richard Rothstein lays out the reality of government-mandated segregation in “Color of Law”
The government's explicit role in building and enforcing segregation has been largely obscured, and it has done comparatively little to rectify the harm it's caused to African-American communities — harm which deeply resonates into the present day. Keep reading…
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Events: Hear from a placemaking expert, attend a planning happy hour, and more!
There are some great urbanist events coming up: hear from a placemaking expert, attend a sustainable urban planning happy hour for students and young professionals, and join us for GGWash's 10th anniversary party! Keep reading…
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Can transforming suburban places to walkable urban ones be successful and popular?
As suburban areas around the US are evolving to become more urban, there's a growing debate about when and where change works and what it should look like. GGWash's contributors took up those questions in a recent discussion. Keep reading…
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Events: Georgetown streetcar, better biking in MoCo, journalism in DC, and more!
Get an update on the Georgetown streetcar expansion, learn about the future of local journalism, give feedback on Montgomery County's bike plan, and more! Keep reading…