Posts tagged Sustainability
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Afternoon links: Switch
Try solar?; Don’t dump Zipcar yet; We’re impressive; Win free transit!; City of College Parking; Reading about Moses; Smarter rankings; Recession’s effects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We all need a little calming
Head under la hood; A fancy bridge doesn’t make it green; Breaking out of “two leg perspective”; Speed cameras working; How about in Southeast?; Not a ham sandwich; Our streets belong to drivers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Standing alone
And then there was one; They’re called roadside stands for a reason; Go Saqib; Not another passive park?; A safer McLean; States not fixing it first; The condo paradox; Tweet of the day. Keep reading…
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Revenue increases should also internalize environmental externalities
This week, the DC Council will decide how to close a $190 million shortfall in the FY2009 budget, and discuss how to begin tackling the additional $150 million projected gap for 2010. Lawmakers are inevitably going to look for a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases. This morning, Jenny Reed suggested ending the special tax exemption for other states’ municipal bonds as… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Bikes, parks, and parking bikes
Stop it, guys; Truck hit by cyclist, poor truck; Congressmen spend more time at the mall than the Mall; Recreation? That’s not what parks are for!; Which neighborhood will get extremely green?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In the east and the south
Greenmonston; Now the “rural until a developer shows interest” tier; MARC-oriented development at Bowie State; Not so minor; What are DDOT’s streetcar plans?; DCPL in the now; Then and now, overlaid; Atkins or South Beach road diet?. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Round and round the debate goes
Reengineer the city around cars, or…; Rounder, safer, better; Cheap gas = obesity; Blumenauer pushing green commuting incentives; Too expensive to serve the poor; Co-op living, corporation tax structure; Stop giving money to gas guzzling states. Keep reading…
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Time to ground the Washington Flyer
Travelers to and from Dulles airport probably wonder why there is a monopoly taxi service, the Washington Flyer, serving the airport. I am aware of only one other major US airport that has a monopoly taxi service. With rising concerns about climate change and the DC area’s status as a non-attainment area for air pollution, the millions of empty miles taxis drive due to this anachronistic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peas and carrots
Building a hotel? Build a bike station too; Council holds land deals; Spoil the land for the greater good?; Hope Park?; Don’t close ‘em, add concessions; Old buildings are green; Parking around the globe; Just a little bit. Keep reading…