Posts tagged Sustainability
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Afternoon links: Announcements and non-announcements
Metro gets 2nd highest ridership; WMATA doesn’t announce rapes; Trolley tunnel RFP released; East and green?; No minimums in downtown Frederick?; Donuts and death; Some drivers don’t yield even to bunnies. Keep reading…
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Fenty budget raids Anacostia fund, breaks Council’s word
Mayor Fenty’s proposed FY2011 budget reprograms the revenue from the Anacostia cleanup fund, generated by the 5¢ bag fee. The Council should quickly reject this approach. During the original bag debate, many naysayers said that this was just an attempt to raise some revenue through a hidden “tax.” Supporters argued that this wasn’t the purpose. Keep reading…
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Food desert or mirage?
Food security is an extremely important issue for the livability of cities. To educate citizens about it, accuracy in mapping is vital as well. Upon first glance two weeks ago, I and a number of like-minded folks in the region sent along links and tweets to our contacts about “When Healthy Food is Out of Reach,” a joint report from D.C. Hunger Solutions and Social Compact. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What do you think?
Is the fare fair? Post version; Big races coming to DC?; Does six suffice?; Are police bad drivers?; “Go forth and inflate”; It’s working; Plugging leaks and more; Driving too safe. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Real-time news
Mass. bus predictions on the phone or paper; MERV on over there; Bus changes; Cycle confidently; I can’t believe DC won’t give me something; Get off the phone in Maryland; The delicate balance of stormwater; Not the way to build a client base. Keep reading…
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Will Gaithersburg stay green and chicken-friendly?
Urban chickens are an essentially free, organic, and local source of food, fertilizer, and pest control. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Big questions
What to build in Fairfax?; Metro morsels; Not elevating the debate; Women: take this cycling survey; Run WABA; Lettuce from the library; Youth using less transportation, seniors more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safer and more affordable
Hit, kill, run; Cycle tracks in College Park?; Affordable housing activity; Off the job for 9 years, come back, derail a train; MV Square market unpermitted, but should be permissible?; After the flood; How are Kenyan riots like the snowpocalypse?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victories for people
People allowed on all sides; Hit the road, Jack; Hey stores, check out the people walking by; Development dispatches; Plowing peeves; PRT in Morgantown; Sharing in solar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Monarchy yields to democracy
USDOT dethrones king car; Metro morsels; Many ideas, none great; Don’t try to walk in PW; Not the employee lot; MV Square farmers market raided; Make some art for Columbia Heights. Keep reading…