Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Human error
Red light problems; Bad news for buses; Bring on the user fees; WMATA Real talk; Shelter selection woes; United on MetroAccess; Alexandria housing drama; Ivy City is gonna be huge; Power to the principals; Teacher pay tension. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar and new starts
In case you missed it; A new start for St. Es; Spooked in Ward 6; More money, less office space; Metro connects the data dots; Reliable railcars for the Purple Line; Don’t dwell on the rules. Keep reading…
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H Street streetcar will carry passengers on February 27
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser just announced the H Street streetcar will officially open to passengers on Saturday, February 27. Of this year. Hallelujah! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Costly delays
Slowly to Silver; Metro opens (the wrong) doors; The region on widening; Farragut v Franklin; Bike bills in legislation; A different kind of smoke; Diagnosing DC FEMS; Ban the Box going strong; Tickets for taxis; Weigh in on WMATA funding priorities. Keep reading…
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Join us for our 8th birthday party on March 8!
Eight years ago, Greater Greater Washington set out to inform and engage people across the DC area to make it a thriving, inclusive place. On Tuesday, March 8 from 6:30 to 9 pm, we’ll be celebrating at Vendetta, 1212 H Street NE, as we wrap up our reader drive. You’ll get to meet Greater Greater Washington staff, contributors, readers, and supporters for an evening… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ticked off
Bethesda “scare tactics”?; Hogan’s low-scoring choices; 123 Greedy Drive; Pullover king; Who you gonna call?; From radio to housing; From hospital to grocery; Parking benefits drive driving; And…. Keep reading…
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Roll Call recently made a great point about the Capitol’s parking problem
In a recent post about cleaning up after Snowzilla, Roll Call, a blog newspaper that covers Congress, published a graphic showing that if you combined all the parking lots on the Capitol Grounds in need of plowing, they’d cover the National Mall. That’s a crazy amount of parking. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gimme shelter
DC shelter geography; Shelters as infrastructure; This old city hall; Dude, where’s my train?; Parents have a say; Scalia and DC’s gun laws; DC construction map; Like a shiny new penny; Glover Park history. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running out of patience
Make safe or else; Transit police yellow; How to win back riders; Why the delays?; New Apex plans; A 45-week fix; Catalyst for Buzzard Point; Hacking for good. Keep reading…
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DC’s first electric streetcar helped build Eckington
DC got its first electric streetcar in 1888 when the Eckington & Soldiers Home Railway went into operation. A ban on overhead wires kept it from running downtown, and the company ultimately went out of business because it couldn’t find another option. I recently wrote about the 100-year history of streetcars in the District, from 1862 to 1962 (the span from the first… Keep reading…