Posts tagged Visitor Parking
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Breakfast links: Rail to bust
Bus stop sticker shock; Midnight closings hard to swallow; Georgetown’s gentrification; Visitor parking pass vigilante; June Housing Bloom; Two more weeks for the Purple Line; Patent on pedestrian safety; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget and bus lanes
Budget autonomy to the brig; Parking rate parity; 14th St streetscape; 16th St bus lane lag; IZ in DC; Plaza over Connecticut; Fort Reno done for?; Dollars for demand; A new VPP. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: School spirit
School shift; Busing budget; Path to playgrounds; Bad morning for Metro; Real southeast boulevards; Fight for FBI; “Slow down” striping; HOT lane boost; And…. Keep reading…
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When temporary becomes permanent: Why reopening the SE Freeway is risky
Studies are underway to replace the closed piece of the Southeast Freeway, between the 11th Street Bridge and Barney Circle, with some combination of roads, parks, and buildings. But meanwhile, DC transportation officials plan to reopen the freeway. That’s a terrible idea. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your history
The day the city burned; The Beltway’s golden; More affordable than we thought?; Historic districts are not the problem; The show will go on; Subway bag check; Scaling up urban farming; And…. Keep reading…
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Logan Circle could have a solution to visitor parking woes
In neighborhoods with streets restricted to resident-only parking, how can visitors and household workers park when they need to? The Logan Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2F) recently endorsed giving residents a “coupon book” of passes to give visitors. This is the best solution for areas of DC where parking is tight. Logan Circle joined the growing… Keep reading…
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Enough broken promises from DDOT
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) promised to complete a number of important projects by now or by the end of this year. Quick quiz: Can you identify which of these have met or will meet the promised deadline? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Great year for Amtrak
Amtrak posts record numbers; Falls Church’s expensive real estate; New parking passes on the way; Why don’t people move?; Wheaton gets apartments for Millennials; Shutdown shorts; And…. Keep reading…
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For parking reform, ask better questions
As the District debates changing the way it distributes parking permits, Councilmember Anita Bonds is surveying DC residents about their experiences with on-street parking. But if we really want to understand how parking works, the Council needs to ask the right questions. Previously, District residents could purchase ward-restricted residential parking permits (RPPs)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less parking, more sharing
Less parking in the future; Greed may limit parking; Council halts parking passes; Ridesharing approved; Maryland worst for emissions; Redevelopment proposed for Wheaton; Cycletrack sets bad precedents; Plurality support congestion charge; Metro escalators disappoint; And…. Keep reading…