Posts tagged The Mall
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New designs will improve the National Mall
The National Mall is not a perfect space. Although millions of people visit it each year, many sections are oversized and underused. It’s poorly integrated with the surrounding city, and its aging components need maintenance. What can be done? No one would propose demolishing the Mall, or seriously changing its basic character, but clearly there is room for improvement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get educated
The Henderson plan; When to mix, when to separate; UIP helps, hurts affordable housing; Barracks Row getting more barracks; Pedicab detante solidifies; Williams on top; CSI: Blog; Build a bridge; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Newly vital
Wheaton plan on the move; Dancing in the streets too hard; No bill puts safety at risk; Pedicab arrest gets ugly; Fairfax picks Silver names; Christie raided ARC; Where has walking gone?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Improvements
Fares will increase less; Now you see Silver, now you don’t; From parking to high rises; See ideas for the Mall; Modify the Ike memorial?; Hard to grab lunch in Anacostia; A city that still sleeps; Brutal preservation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Election day
Make your voice heard; Knowing fraud; Defense cuts will hurt region; Institutionalization on the street; Metro police aren’t so great; Chicago pushes ahead without feds; A real frequency map; And…. Keep reading…
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Park Service makes great strides, but much work remains
The Cherry Blossom Festival is underway on the Mall, and for the first time, it’s a lot easier to see the trees on a bicycle. In a few years, a low-cost DC Circulator bus will likely add another convenient mode of travel and bring “America’s front yard” closer to our doorstep than ever before. … Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare comes to the Mall, already
The National Park Service may take ten years to make some decisions, but on bike sharing, they’ve been lightning fast. Jacques Arsenault noticed that a Capital Bikeshare station is already up on the Mall, on Ohio Drive: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vacant ethics
Ethics posts go unfilled; Montgomery grows for once; Intersection design still critical; Take the Rapid out of BRT; NPS says no triathlon; A poorly appraised situation; Red-top meters red flagged; Bit of K Street to get an upgrade; And…:. Keep reading…
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14th Street bridge area needs a good bicycle connection
Bicycling to and from the 14th Street bridge on the DC side is not a pleasant experience. Cyclists must choose between harrowing high-speed roadways, too-narrow sidewalks, or long detours. The 14th Street Bridge EIS doesn’t address this connection, but it needs to, immediately. The Mount Vernon Trail, along the Potomac River in Virginia, has a few faults but it provides… Keep reading…