Posts tagged Sustainability
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Does saving daylight save energy?
Friday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow interviewed the author of Spring Forward: the Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. Most studies show that Daylight Savings time is a wash when it comes to household energy savings. But we use other forms of energy, and Daylight Saving actually increases our use of oil for transportation purposes. This is because with an extra hour… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a seat
Couches the next subway ads?; Thomas, the parking scofflaw; Bike lanes: Inviting backlash? Triathlete-related?; Bag fee cuts bags in half; I saw the sign; Three-mile crosswalk; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Semi-secret plans
Whitehurst teardown back?; Secret plan to fix Metro today; Even more bike lane details; Know any great candidates?; Gaithersbungle looms; 2 hours isn’t enough; More food for all. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Things to oppose, to support, to do
Giant billboards at Gallery Place?; Should Georgetown dream of seceding?; Support bag fees in MD; Hear Monument Wars author Savage; Alexandria dispatch: Bikes and BRAC; Visit Arlington, go to summer 2009 festival; Who you calling a gentrifier?. Keep reading…
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Plans envision a “green street” for C Street, NE
Capitol Hill residents recently reviewed traffic-calming options for C Street, NE including separated bike paths (“cycle tracks”), reducing lanes, bulb-outs, “chicanes” where the road curves from side to side, reconfigured intersections, medians, stormwater bioretention araes, and more. C Street, NE through northeastern Capitol Hill serves… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rich counties should support transit
FairShareMetro.com; NACTO keeps taking our great people; Why are our suburbs so rich?; Enough on the tax breaks?; Growth at any cost, anywhere; Oops, we built in an environmentally sensitive spot; Sarles: good manager, not so open?. Keep reading…
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Bethesda will lose farmers market
The Bethesda Urban Partnership recently notified local farms, with no warning, that Bethesda had decided to end its Farmer’s Market normally held at Veterans Park Tuesdays and Saturdays, May through October. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cleared to go
Omni Shovelem; MoCoCo approves; Meters are annoying; Oppose PG planner switch for justice; Alternative to bag fee? No; Free bus with your bread; Marriage Day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Remaining snow, coming storms
Rock Creek branch storage path; Speak up on the Fairfax budget; BLT or fries at White Flint?; Outer Beltway bill rises from the dead; Designs for Four Mile Run expansion; Yummy soot; And…. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: The quality of local coverage
Dr. Anti Anti-Car; Not enough war on drivers?; Dr. Understanding Parking; Oh, snap, but no; Now really not street-facing; And…. Keep reading…