Posts tagged Urbanism
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DC like Amsterdam? We can only hope
According to yesterday’s Express, DC is starting to look a lot like Amsterdam, and not just because of marijuana. That’s fantastic if true. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Even longer waits
Purple Line delayed; More smoke; Streetcar burns; CSX fireworks; HOT doesn’t stop slugging; Housing navigators help homeless; How much vacant land is there?; Fragmented governments; Taller with less parking in New York?; A bike tunnel of snow. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tax deals
Save the trust fund; Tax stadiums; Black History and urban planning; Homeowners demand help; Fairfax cold to charter plan; High driving; Intersection of doom; Portland and DC changing; And…. Keep reading…
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Mercedes imagines passengers in driverless cars never interacting with the world outside
Driverless cars still aren’t ready for consumers to buy, but they’re getting closer. When they do, they will reduce dangers and hassles of driving but will not magically eliminate congestion. And it would be a shame if automation totally isolated the riders from the places they travel through, as one concept from Mercedes does. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New year, new leadership
Meet the new boss; New transit in 2015; New plan for Arlington; Gray saves affordable housing; CaBi extends Metro; Sweden leads in road safety; Beijing goes big; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Maryland growth
Bethesda going green?; Business backs Purple Line; Rotten farming; Biking gets a little safer; Where are my trains?; And…. Keep reading…
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Ten little cities near DC with awesome urbanism
Central cities are booming all over the US as Americans rediscover the benefits of walkable urbanism. But the boom isn’t confined to only big cities. Smaller cities are also enjoying a renaissance of their own. Here are ten little cities near DC with genuinely great urbanism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Busy street bike lanes
Bike lanes on Branch Avenue; Bike lanes on highways; 7000s soon; IG overstepped on camera report?; Circulator change bad for Georgetown?; Dominion mum on power line; What do Millennials want?; And…. Keep reading…
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“We built this city on: hot hipsters.” Cards Against Urbanity wants to make you laugh
Nothing adds to any nerdy party better than the card games “Apples to Apples” or “Cards Against Humanity”, but now thanks to a bunch of DC urbanists we may soon have “Cards Against Urbanity” with cards focused on all sorts of aspects of planning and urban living. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Movement in city hall
Move city hall?; House(ing) committee; JBG publishes its own paper; Arlington draws residents for jobs; What about Baltimore’s alleys?; Infill stations are good for transit; Urban parents struggle with expenses; Walking and thinking; And…. Keep reading…