Posts tagged The Mall
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Farming will replace parking on the Mall
What’s now an ad hoc landscape of parking lots and scruffy lawns could transform into the latest attraction on the National Mall. The US Department of Agriculture is planning to convert its grounds into an outdoor museum of cultivation. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Political shake-up
Beyer wins in the 8th; Cantor’s swan song; Carol Schwartz returns; Bowser would keep Henderson; When will Maryland Avenue get safer?; Four alternatives for North-South streetcar; Traffic? What traffic?; CaBi helped bike businesses; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: CaBi safely
Only 95 CaBi crashes since 2010; Kid’s seat for CaBi; Fast ferry to Virginia; Metro’s got talent; Historic parking lots; France to pay people to bike; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Clock’s ticking
Will the stadium deal happen?; Maryland limits speed cameras; Conventions might’ve been on the Mall; One year, zero fatalities; Ozone and cyclists; Caribbean’s problems are urban; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deal or no deal
Soccer stadium deal pending; Spy versus preservationists; Budget autonomy overturned; Better cycling around the Mall; Silver Line a step closer; Metro signs say what?; Springtime for Hitler bus ads; McDuffie for McMillan; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Architects imagine
What MLK could look like; Skyscrapers along The Mall?; Food trucks coming to Alexandria; Older buildings are better economically; Where the (political) party is; If zoning were nationalized; Parking pilot succeeds; And…. Keep reading…
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Calling all kids! Join us for a GGW/Streetsblog playdate
Cities are great places to raise children, DC in particular. So Greater Greater Washington and Streetsblog are teaming up to host a playdate and family picnic to bring our readers together for some kid-friendly fun. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s a public good?
Taking what’s not his; Omnipresent Internet; Parking for the people?; The rent is too high; But millennials are still coming; No gun necessary, use your car; Criminalized bike commute; Feelings getting in the way?; Red line woes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to normal
Mounds of trash on the Mall; Metro hits a high note; Back to disruptions for Metro; Not just one Bethesda; Underpass art; Clarendon tops for Gen Y; ‘Tis a silly crosswalk; They want you. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peaks and valleys
Blossoms blooming; Not the best velodrome time; With spring, new bike lanes; Don’t blame bike lanes; Numbers up and down; Who will plan Montgomery?; Parking saps vitality (and tax revenue); 10,000 map maniacs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Comments welcome
Riders rate Metro; Missing the riders’ voice; Independence from delays; Ellen McCarthy, planning director; Alexandria water taxi route debuts; The Alexandria waterfront, illustrated; Under the crossing; Waste into power; Ryan rejects Amtrak; Peak suburban office park?; And…. Keep reading…
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The Eisenhower Memorial is moving forward, but metal tapestries might get in the way of the view
A proposed memorial to President Eisenhower in Southwest DC keeps trudging through the federal approvals process, even as it’s surrounded by controversy. But federal planners want some changes, especially to the way the memorial affects views of the Capitol. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Planning places
Happy Birthday, Reston!; Greens fore housing; Landscaping’s good, bad, and ugly; How tomorrow doesn’t move; Feats of strength up next; If biking were a pill…; “Is the dog included?”; Robocop II: Dogwalkercop; Towers rise in London; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation piggy bank
Chipping in for Metro; Funding transportation with tax reform; Down on the corner; No fly list; No parking for these U Street residents; Stop pop-ups vs. stop NIMBYism; Gentrification angers Spike Lee; Fort Belvoir’s spillover effects; Arlington roads in poor condition; And…. Keep reading…
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An “Abe’s to Ben’s” Circulator could connect tourists to DC neighborhoods
The National Park Service plans to create a new Circulator route around the National Mall. NPS and the city could also improve transit options to nearby neighborhoods with a line from the Mall to Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle, and U Street. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: It’s the final countdown
This week brings your last chance to testify on DC’s proposed zoning update, your first to learn about parking meters on the National Mall, and your second to discuss north-south streetcar implementation. Speak up or be left out: Hearings this week will be your last chance to speak out on the proposed changes to DC’s zoning code. The final code will have important… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Parking and zoning and budgeting, oh my!
Over the next two weeks, you can learn about plans for transit on I-66 and for meters on the Mall, speak up on WMATA’s budget and the DC zoning update, and see a play with us in Arlington. Come see Clybourne Park with us: Join us to go see Clybourne Park, an award-winning play about gentrification in Chicago, this Sunday, February 9. We’ll have an open discussion with the… Keep reading…
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Here are four ways to make parking meters on the National Mall a success
The National Park Service is proposing to add meters to areas of the National Mall and memorial parks where parking is currently free. With a thoughtful plan, meters should make it easier to find parking on the Mall and improve access to its important sites. A few key steps can help the meter program be successful: setting meter rates and times based on demand, offering convenient… Keep reading…
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Park Service plans to put parking meters on the National Mall and use the money for a Circulator
The long years of having no public bus, or only an expensive $27 Tourmobile, to get around the National Mall may soon come to an end. The National Park Service is now planning to fund a Circulator bus route in part through adding parking meters on the Mall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation and civil rights
Transportation can create opportunity; Gray speaks on DC statehood; DC from 1963 to 2013; More traffic cameras in DC; Fairfax County searches for Silver Line funding; Olympics could spur transit development; ANC supports 5333 Connecticut changes; Tiber Creek not an ordinary stream; UberX not illegal for long?; And…. Keep reading…