Posts tagged Sustainability
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Events: Earn your Master’s in Urban Planning at Georgetown
Learn about Georgetown University’s Master’s in Urban & Regional Planning program. Celebrate Women’s History Month at our Women+ Planning Happy Hour. Share your thoughts on the U Street NW Bus Priority Project. Participate in Lights-Out Hour DC. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MoCo, Baltimore City partner to request aid to prevent evictions
MoCo, Baltimore ask state to direct part of budget surplus to prevent evictions. Metro electric buses delayed, DASH buses recalled due to bus fire risk. Maryland to adopt electric vehicle standards after all. Keep reading…
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It shouldn’t have happened again, but it did.
The building known now as Arrive Silver Spring has plagued residents with issues from its early days. But residents have the right to a safe home just the same. A recent apartment fire highlighted their ongoing plight, and cost one person her life. Keep reading…
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What GGWash said at the District’s FY23 performance oversight hearings
Here’s what Greater Greater Washington, the DC Transportation Equity Network, and the DC Sustainable Transportation Coalition, had to say about DC’s housing, transportation, planning, economic development, public works, and health agencies, plus WMATA, at the Council’s recent performance oversight hearings. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clarendon Metro station has brief smoke incident Tuesday morning
Smoke fills Clarendon Metro station Tuesday morning. Elrich supports one MoCo rent bill, will veto other as written. DC Council Chairman Mendelson tries to pull criminal code bill, US Senate to still vote on it. Keep reading…
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National links: Utah’s DOT proposes the world’s longest urban gondola
Utah’s DOT proposes a gondola connecting Salt Lake City to nearby ski slopes to reduce traffic. Rebuttals to induced demand denial. How a community in Colorado is tackling the affordable housing crisis. Keep reading…
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National links: American Association of Railroads rallies against electrification
American railroads rail against electrification. New York City centralizes management of public spaces. Major Belgian cities find success in reducing car traffic. Keep reading…
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How Whitman-Walker Health’s redevelopment happened – and what it means for the nonprofit’s sustainability
Whitman-Walker Health’s multi-use overhaul offers a model for a sustainable revenue stream that other nonprofits and jurisdictions can replicate. Keep reading…
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National links: How to live car-free in Middle America
How Middle America can go car-free (or car-lite). The 15-minute city is the target of conspiracy theorists. Rethinking one-hour delivery. Keep reading…
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National links: New study dissects high cost of transit projects in the US, provides recommendations
Dissecting the drivers of high transit project costs. Why has construction productivity fallen in the last 70 years? How cities can be a haven for biodiversity. Keep reading…