Posts tagged Weather
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Council approves sidewalk bill with a few amendments
The DC Council passed on first reading the Priority Sidewalk Assurance Act to require installation of sidewalks on at least one side of any street being reconstructed. Councilmember Phil Mendelson (at-large) introduced four amendments to the current bill. The bill requires DDOT to provide notice to neighbors and the ANC, provide an opportunity for comment, and explain… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Affordable and accessible
We’re really affordable!; Every bus stop is political; PG snow debate neglects pedestrians?; Bloggers for WMATA Board?; GPS making us dumb?; Congress to dig holes, point transit systems into it?; Development dispatches. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safer and more affordable
Hit, kill, run; Cycle tracks in College Park?; Affordable housing activity; Off the job for 9 years, come back, derail a train; MV Square market unpermitted, but should be permissible?; After the flood; How are Kenyan riots like the snowpocalypse?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victories for people
People allowed on all sides; Hit the road, Jack; Hey stores, check out the people walking by; Development dispatches; Plowing peeves; PRT in Morgantown; Sharing in solar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad design, bad attitude
3 ped crashes, one hour; More safety along Connecticut; Big idea: clear sidewalks; I don’t walk, so walkability is bunk; Anti-density of the week; Yes, a bicycle is a transportation device; Virginia Avenue bike tunnel?. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: All in the family
Kids + buses = challenge; Dense housing is for families too; I’m on the radio, twice; New daytime parking deal in Adams Morgan; DC gets snow money, Alexandria ha’ sno money; Another tax break; MARC Area’s Really Crowded. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cleared to go
Omni Shovelem; MoCoCo approves; Meters are annoying; Oppose PG planner switch for justice; Alternative to bag fee? No; Free bus with your bread; Marriage Day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Remaining snow, coming storms
Rock Creek branch storage path; Speak up on the Fairfax budget; BLT or fries at White Flint?; Outer Beltway bill rises from the dead; Designs for Four Mile Run expansion; Yummy soot; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Secrets and plans
Problems aren’t secret, solutions shouldn’t be; Hearing a better snow plan; Town Centers the future of suburbs?; Recycle, really; New Arlington bike map; Them’s the breaks?; Funding runs out at USDOT. Keep reading…
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Suggested fixes to Prince George’s snow removal policies
The Prince George’s County Council will soon convene a public meeting with officials from the Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) to discuss the county’s response to and management of the recent back-to-back snowstorms in February 2010. The goal of this event, according to council chairman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) and council member… Keep reading…