Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Momentum in Maryland transit
In case you missed it; BRT in Montgomery; DC on bikes, 10 years out; Safety in numbers; It’s elementary; Late on the rent control; Off target; At least there are still stairs. Keep reading…
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New ramps make it easier to bike by the White House
When people biking along the 15th Street protected bikeway reached the White House, they used to have to choose between the sidewalk and a tight squeeze at a security gate. As of this Monday, there’s a route just for bikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up in smoke
Pepco no-go; Someone beats the Wiz; No paper trail; Last call; Blunt disagreement; River Road response; Streetcar clap back; FBI price check. Keep reading…
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Think you know transit? It’s time for whichStreetcar
On Saturday, DC’s newest transit line opened, heralding the return of streetcars after five decades. Let’s see how well you know the new line. Can you identify the five pictured stations? Keep reading…
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A chat with DC Council candidate Robert White
Robert White, previous counsel to congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, is challenging at-large incumbent Vincent Orange for his seat on the DC Council in the democratic primary this June. He has some “out of the box” ideas on housing affordability, economic opportunity and transportation for DC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We could have nice things
Tear it down; DCRA fail; Streetcar haters gonna hate; Rand won’t ride; Housing and poverty linked; USDOT threats; Buzzard Point Marina closed; Let’s move beyond the automobile. Keep reading…
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This plan would have ditched DC’s lettered street names
A federal judge proposed renaming DC’s lettered streets after presidents, judges, and cabinet members in 1897, Ghosts of DC explains. If his proposal had taken hold, we might go to movies at the Landmark Ellsworth Street Cinema downtown today. Keep reading…
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DC Streetcar’s exuberant opening day, in photos and video
DC Streetcar is open and carrying passengers, following a festive opening day on Saturday. Enjoy this photo tour reliving the fun, and see even more at GGWash’s opening day Flickr group. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s ride!
Streetcars are open; Retired trains; Separation of powers?; 11th Street bridge in 2019; Fix Fed buildings; Shelter-skelter; Baker attacks Hogan; The architecture of oppression. Keep reading…
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How can our commuter railroads be better? DC wants your input
Should MARC service run to L’Enfant Plaza? Should resources go toward more weekend commuter rail service? Every state in the US (including DC) has to create a plan for how to use its railways, these are some of the questions the District Department of Transportation is asking as it crafts its plan for passenger, commuter, and freight rail. Keep reading…