Posts tagged Tod
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Understanding the tools in the affordable housing toolkit
Smart Growth advocates want to make it possible for people of all income levels to benefit fully from living in an urban area. It’s helpful to know what we mean when it comes to affordable housing and how America got to where we are today. On a day when we pause to remember a man who dedicated his life to both racial and economic justice, it is appropriate that we understand the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cycling in the law and the press
Bike bills introduced in Richmond; Bike baiting is really frio; Alternatives to extending Metro; East Falls Church planning enters final stages; DC makes inroads against chronic homelessness; Foggy Bottom station closed over MLK weekend; Nominate “most endangered” historic properties; Streetcars: a renaissance or transportation nostalgia?; Google Transit adds new features; And…. Keep reading…
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Terrible parking ideas come from Boston’s “T”
The Washington area might have a ways to go to make suburban communities more walkable, and it might be the sport of the year to criticize WMATA, but at least we’re not Boston. While WMATA is making it a priority to and wants to avoid building huge numbers of new parking spaces, the MBTA is proposing a variety of terrible parking-related ideas. The “T” is… Keep reading…
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East of the River won’t be changing so fast, so soon
Ward 7 and Ward 8 will not be the next U Street. But at the same time, East of the River will not stay “Mayberry,” as some residents have referred to it. I remember being told not to go past 14th Street NW when I was an intern working on U Street NW in 2001. Now less than a decade later, U Street is a bustling center that embodies the “live, work, play” motto. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alexandria and more
One Potomac Yard tax approved; Condo foreclosures up in Alexandria; DC wants online hotel sites to pay up; Bilbray wishes freeways jammed down DC’s throat; School crime stats are misleading; Bike sharing could get carbon credit revenue; TOD proposed at Laurel MARC; Where’s my lane?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Things change, things stay the same
Taking on the Height Act; “Urban plaza” proposed for Tysons; Twinbrook TOD stuck in neutral; Signs, they are a-changin’; Federal government increases telework options; DDOT portal more cool, less useful; Community radio held up by commercial lobby; Breathing your neighbor’s smoke; And…. Keep reading…
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A toast to 2010: Top five Smart Growth moments of the year
2010 was a great year for smart growth. It was the year that biking, walking and transit communities really took off. And what a battle for Metro service we had! Here are our choices at the Coalition for Smarter Growth for the top five smart growth achievements from the last twelve months. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The word from the top
Baker has the right priorities; Good news in Gray personnel; Gabe not so radical?; On tenterhooks over committee assignments; Harassment on the metro; Bay cleanup could prevent smart growth; Affordable housing and 2 projects; More pedestrians hit in PG; New signage at Federal Triangle?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dispatches from Fairfax
Fairfax of the future; Fairfax County parent forms bike train to school; Fairfax parks win gold; Blacks still struggle with employment in DC; Learning from Fear/Sanity; Should we consult original architects on redesigns?; Motorists usually at fault in bike crashes; Eliminate mortgage interest deduction; Cleveland can’t enforce city regs against big banks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Questions in Alexandria
Should Alexandria spend on regional transportation?; Alexandria to wait and see on more bike signals; Not so much Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Good luck organizing a block party; Amtrak signals possibly sabotaged; How to balance the budget; Transit indirectly brings cars?; A bike section in the paper?. Keep reading…