Posts tagged Sustainability
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Breakfast links: Communication needs work
Secret? Vehicular? Both?; Fenty, Rhee approval down; Redo L’Enfant Plaza; Andrews fighting Gaithersbungle; 3-foot in Maryland; Hands-free is also distracting; How Fannie and Freddie inhibit mixed-use. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation deaths in Montgomery
In Rockville, on the rails; In Wheaton, on the roads; VA bike legislation moving forward; Archives banning photography; WSJ pounces on small bag fee confusion; Dulles AeroTrain opens; Union Station more intermodal now with buses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Region of laws
Pay-as-you-throw in Frederick?; Ways to avoid paying five cents; Get a shorter vehicle or park it off the street; Faregates to accept credit cards?; Teens not in a rush to drive; And you thought the lines were long at the DMV; And…. Keep reading…
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Slow and steady creates Virginia’s Urban Development Areas
Over the last couple of years the state government of Virginia has been rolling out a land use planning category for localities known as Urban Development Areas (UDAs), where higher density development can be concentrated. The concept started off slowly in 2007 with HB 3202 as an advisory element to be placed in the Comprehensive Plans of “high growth” localities,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clear the bottleneck
16th Street bus-bike lanes!; Beltway is 3rd worst; ever heard of rail?; Where would they grow the pot?; No VA gas tax hike; Recently-repaired MARC loco breaks down; Lots of independent stores in Georgetown; Is the car a civil rights instrument?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Catoe perspectives
Make the Board more visible and elected; Clean house before resigning; A better rebate; Your environment has been canceled; RPP rates rising, not here; Angles morts; Obama gets an A- for infrastructure. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build, don’t kill
TOD proposed for Tysons; DC office space pricier than NY?; Driver kills one of NYC’s oldest; Speed while rich? Pay up; Free bags at farmers’ markets; Topping the hot list; Acela II. Keep reading…
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17th Street project creates huge water main break
Just weeks after construction began on a reconstruction of 17th Street between Massachusetts and Florida Avenues, water lines have now broken four times, according to members of the Dupont Circle ANC (2B). Keep reading…
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Jack Evans defends bag fees and meter increases
On Friday’s Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour, DC Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) answered questions about the new bag fees and meter rate hikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unexpected sight
No pants!; They’ll never know; Open the doors!; Congestion fares; No free bags at Wal-Mart; No new parking, says Baltimore; Make Rockville affordable; Walkability is money. Keep reading…