Posts tagged Trees
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Events roundup: Spring has sprung
This week, celebrate spring by helping clean up the Anacostia River and learning about trees in urban environments. You can also talk about bicycling in Montgomery County, bus technology, and safer streets in DC. Clean up the Anacostia: On Saturday, April 5, the Anacostia Watershed Society is organizing clean-up events in DC, Montgomery, and Prince George’s. Organizers… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough on transit
Poor transit hinders Baltimore; Transit benefits decrease; LA cracks down on jaywalking; Cycling’s popularity invites taxes; Utah improves traffic light efficiency; Neighbors oppose Grosvenor townhouses; DC traffic cameras will not go live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time for improvement
Federal aid after Sandy; Kidnapping, robbery on Metro; Is the USA that dangerous for bicycling?; A greener L’Enfant Plaza; Controlling the area around Quantico; White Flint plans move forward; Terrorism slogan not catching on; And. Keep reading…
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New sidewalk shows tension between people and trees
The sidewalk on the east side of Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring just got a makeover, with new brick pavers and street trees. But will it have enough room for everyone who wants to use it? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New laws
DC Council resumes work; How Downtown DC came to be; Let riders’ voices be heard; Customer value should drive Metrorail; Bike lanes don’t hurt retailers; A restart of sprawl?; Trees illegal in Georgia?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can you get there?
Loudoun schools limit bus routes; New standard for off-peak service; DC mortgage rates spike; MoCo protects trees; Too much parking at Medical Center?; Water crisis may hit Montgomery County; Taxi commission allows digital payments; Recognize the green mermaid; And…. Keep reading…
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New sidewalk uses porous, flexible pavement
At first glance, the tree at the northeast corner of 8th and K Streets, NE appears to be buried in asphalt. The truth is much more interesting. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Meet the new boss
Foxx for DOT; A gift to ethics; Franklin School draws interest; Will autonomy survive?; Concrete blame game; Last stop for gas; Transportation trends; Plant a tree. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Oops
Contractor takes down wrong, historic tree; Multiple pedestrians die; Gas tax “compromise” emerges; Door freely, wear a helmet; FBI at Greenbelt has pluses for Metro; Performance loading?; Widening pressure never ends; Lauren Graham, cyclist; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Goodbye, Ray
LaHood leaving; Surplus salted away; Chevy Chase sidewalk contentious; No mandatory helmets in Maryland; Superhuman cyclists aren’t most of us; MoCo bag fee 1 year old; Lower benefit hurts bus ridership; And…. Keep reading…