Posts tagged Trees
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Lunch links: Not enough money
No money to save trees; DDOE inspectors solicit bribes; Got $20 million lying around?; College Park needs CaBi; Real estate too pricey for third places?; Is a painted “stop” a sign?; Bus driver throws rider to ground; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Getting serious about parks
Tourmobile’s end “likely”; A tale of two parks; Numerology of bus transit; DC’s gays live closer to downtown; Maryland and counties duel on Smart Growth; Floridians run for their lives; Suburban poverty rising; The ultimate environmentally destructive highway; Capital cities unfairly reviled; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: The value of helmets
Black women talk about biking; CaBi users to get helmets; Bus alerts coming; Accessible but inconvenient; From warehouse to office; Bad news for Hyattsville development; Can voters trust Michael A. Brown?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with the law
93 days in jail for a vegetable garden; Are strip clubs good neighbors?; Black women bike, too; Scandals complicate economic development pick; Too many boards and commissions?; Two approaches to solving regional congestion; 4 stories shockingly massive; Chairs vanish where immigrants gathered; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Transportation no-nos
Don’t lock bikes to trees; Just don’t walk there; No aerial tram for Ocean City; Hit and run killer convicted; Marcie Cohen nominated to zoning board; Norfolk light rail about to open; Bike backlash over; Bike sharing sprouting everywhere. Keep reading…
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What trees are on your street?
Casey Trees used data from DDOT’s Urban Forestry Administration to create a great interactive map of street trees: Blue dots show maple trees, red dots are oak, pink elm, green sycamore, and yellow dots show all other trees. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
Streetcar almost done; Affordable housing takes hit; Pentagon fudged on BRAC numbers; Bike thefts growing problem; Mixed neighborhoods are prefered; From one election to another; Drivers apparently oblivious; CaBi data dump; And…. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring bike/ped connection nixes trees, ruffles feathers
Recently, Montgomery County created a small connection between the dead-end of Woodbury Drive and Fenton Street in accordance with the county’s planned trails in the area. This connection is needed to complete the Grove Street on-road bike route between the Green Trail at Wayne Avenue and the Metropolitan Branch Trail at Fenton Street. Unfortunately, they… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: The next generation draws on the last
What Mad Men would say about trains; LaHood pushes “next generation” of mobility; Neighbors decry child care center; Why Garber supports a landmark nomination; Lessons from a failed iPhone theft; ANC commissioner won with 1 vote; Gentrification looks much different in West Hollywood; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being green
NPS rejects BikeDC; Leggett proposing bag fee; H Street NE gets new trees; Biddle challenges signatures, some oddly; Steps to govern DC; Legislative shenanigans; Buses up for cuts; NYC wrestles with tour buses; And…. Keep reading…