Posts tagged Suburbs
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Breakfast links: Mission Accomplished
Phase One complete; The forgotten trail; A moratorium on the moratorium?; An ICC loyalty program?; Complete streets everywhere?; When gentrifiers become the gentrified; Bikes elevated in Europe; Love is better signage; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Northern exposure
Snow approaches; Uncertainty for CaBi vendor; The Holocaust and Purple Line; Can San Francisco be affordable?; A busier DCA; Bowser says no to 16th St. bus lane; Car-free in Greenbelt?; Less federal office space in DC; And…; And more…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ice storm
Storm delays region; Are Walmarts coming west of the Park?; Jurisdictions must prioritize Metro projects; Metro works on customer service; Companies choose urban locations; From College Park to college town?; Consultants favor National Harbor casino; How is bikeshare doing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Its too cold!
M Street cycletrack delayed; Fire Department upgraded; CSX trouble in Navy Yard; No federal grant for Greenleaf; DC area ranks high for college; Thankful for more service; Car sharing comes to RPP; Detroit considers highway removal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Federal holiday transit blues
Veterans Day commuting delays; Close calls on L Street cycletrack; Purple Line deal sweeteners; Buses connect to Silver Line; DC’s theater boom; Atlanta Braves leave Atlanta; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Room to grow
Your morning commute isn’t crowded enough; Downtown DC not built out; Are new Section 8 housing rules too stringent?; Bikeshare pricing may halt ridership; Service lane or sidewalk?; State DOTs want more power; Are the benefits of cities and transit oversold?; New buses for MoCo; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New millennium
Millennials change DC; Robotic parking garages are coming; Verizon center billboards go live; Infrastructure charges lead to foreclosures; Fairfax planners nix Huntington TOD; Fairfax schools foresee cuts; Suburbs compete in bikability; LA debuts new data portal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: To the ‘burbs
Wealthy cluster in suburbs after having kids; Biking heads to the ‘burbs; Design places for everyone, not cars; ICC’s broken promises; Tea Party challenges streetcar supporter’s voting rights; More mall at Pentagon City?; Metro back to pre-shutdown normal; New online information hub for DC transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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White Flint can retain Baby Boomers and attract new ones
With the kids gone, many Baby Boomers face one of two choices: age in place, or move downtown. Real estate analysts say which one they pick will have a big impact on the local housing market, but communities that can accommodate both choices can benefit either way. Born between 1946 and 1964, Baby Boomers are the largest generation in American history after their kids, the Millennials. Keep reading…
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Sunbelt cities, urbanizing suburbs can learn from each other
Urbanizing suburbs often suffer from an identity crisis, looking to the big city next door and wondering how to recreate the same vitality and sense of place. But they might find a better comparison with more distant Sunbelt cities, which like many suburbs are only now coming into their own. Take Raleigh, where I spent 5 days last month with my boyfriend and his friend’s… Keep reading…