Posts tagged Washington Post
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Half a century before Metro, the Washington Post proposed building a downtown subway
Talk of a subway in DC first appeared in the Washington Post way back in 1909. At the time, the idea was just to run a small loop between the Capitol building and the White House. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gymnastics, diving, and urban planning?
Planning’s Olympic moment; Not the usual Fairfax news; Orange you going to resign; Blind referee’s Purple call; Streetcar’s expectations exceeded; Nursing home sale fallout; The price of walkability; Art before development; Help for MoCo parents; Pokémon’s location bias; Boon for boomer landlords. Keep reading…
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How healthy is bike commuting? More than you might think.
An article in today’s Post Express says bike commuting is more dangerous than you’d think. That may or may not be true, but even if it is, it ignores years of studies that show the benefits outweigh the risks, and on the whole biking is statistically far more likely to adds years to your life than to harm you. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safe and secure on Metro
A few bad apples; Smile! You’re on WMATA cam; WMATA’s new finance wrangler; Disabled in snow; Kicking Baltimore while it’s down; Parking to housing; Surprising no one; Housing zipcode by zipcode. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Womp womp
WMATA GM? Nope; Virginia votes; Campaign against I-66 tolls; Is this justice?; The 5A lives; Union Market housing boom; Grab a ride; Guilty on all charges; DC vs. Bahamas; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Falling into place
Some predictions for the streetcar; District of Pepco; FBI falling apart; The FTA is watching; Don’t profile me; Keep the trains running; Waterfront plan sets sail; Million-dollar Brookland; Dogs allowed; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step by step
Memorial walk; Metro’s stalled recovery; DC’s transportation experiments; Careful bike lanes; Recycling woes; Tiny apartments; Constant construction; The Pope is a planner?; Faded renewal; And …. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro ire
Blowing smoke; Blame the brakes; It’s Groundhog Day; Gas prices vs. Metro; Loopholes big as a building; Raining cats and concrete; DeBonis goes to “Washington”; The guerrilla sign maker. Keep reading…
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DC’s most bike-friendly corner: 15th and L
Look at this beautiful photo. Two cycletracks meet at a street corner, bike boxes and green paint flow in every direction, and a bikeshare station sits in the background. It’s almost Dutch. Almost. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Snowmagaindon
Another winter storm is here; Just don’t call it “Silicon _____”; But the Post won’t be a part; Re-timing DC’s traffic lights; How can we get to “Vision Zero”?; The many causes of crime; De Blasio pushes for affordable housing; Fewer urban highways?; And…. Keep reading…