Posts tagged Tod
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Breakfast links: Build it at a Metro station
FBI not near Metro?; Hospital at Largo?; WMATA has 11 more in mind; Less for transportation; It’s a “collision,” not an “accident,” in New York; FTC is pro-Uber; Urbanism isn’t new in SimCity; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go at Metro
Faster Metro development; Sarles to 2016?; Transportation bill constitutional?; I’d hammer out a new waterfront plan; No victory for three feet; Watch out for expensive cars; People actually fed; A new standard; So close, yet so far; And…. Keep reading…
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Put the FBI in Suitland, not Greenbelt (and not Poplar Point)
Talk of the FBI leaving its Pennsylvania Avenue heaquarters reached a fever pitch in the last week, with WMATA taking steps to enable its development partner at the Greenbelt Metro station to bid on the FBI. But a different site might be more fiscally prudent and better contribute to transit-oriented development: the Suitland Federal Center. I have only seen Suitland, in southern… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plans for the future
Narrow here, wide there; Cycle track’s death greatly exaggerated; Sustainable politics; The future of Fairfax is smart growth; DASH gets bike racks; Sequester in the park; No longer in the zone?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suddenly there came a tapping
The Post in DC nevermore?; Gandhi’s tell-tale heart; PG schools would purloin your letters; The facts in the case of M. Driver; Retail bugs Golden Triangle; The premature burial of pedestrian safety; Prevents the descent after the maelstrom; The system of reaching Doctor Tarr; The fall of the house-ownership myth; Quoth…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Second term approaches
Obama takes one step for DC rights; Inauguration items; Norton asks for statehood, again; Better biking past the White House; New housing won’t have free parking; Maryland will consider bottle bill; Wells approaching mayoral run; Tennessee drops highway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Whether to build it
Tysons trees safe?; TOD for New Carrollton?; No bowling alley for Georgetown?; 2013 critical for Purple Line; Silver Spring parking more pricey; What’s changed in Ward 3; Market answers for urbanism; Thank lead for crime wave; And…. Keep reading…
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All development rights depend on big government
Opponents of smart growth often claim that the regulations and infrastructure investments necessary to support compact, walkable, and transit-oriented development are somehow a big government intrusion upon the free market. That’s a false dilemma. The fact is, all development rights depend on big government. A recent white paper from the conservative Heritage… Keep reading…
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Is “too Arlington” a bad thing in Prince George’s?
This past Tuesday, Prince George’s Councilmember Eric Olson (District 3-College Park), fell short in his bid to become council chair in 2013. Development lawyer André Gingles posited that Olson didn’t get the job because he might be a bit “too Arlington” for Prince George’s. What’s that supposed to mean? Is that supposed to be some… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Veterans
Thank you, veterans; Post not local enough; Fairfax court goes light on speeding, DUI; Efficient transit = expensive housing?; Restonians want less Silver Line TOD; 3 townhouses won’t be parking; And…. Keep reading…