Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Reality bites
Millennington; The more Shaw changes; Even better than Frager’s; Act regionally; Tragedy in Bethesda; You can have it; Katrina reactions; The decider. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spin
Crisis “management”; Cracks slow construction; Safety drill not up to snuff; What to do about murders?; More bikes, less congestion; Free rides for kids; A fair housing fix; Transportation conundrum; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple proceeding
Good to go; E-ticket, please!; Crime time; All accesss; Power off; Rolling in the dough; Supersized; Pay a little, get a lot; Asheville’s (un)affordability; And…. Keep reading…
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The lion’s share of DC’s new housing is only going in one part of the city
Over the last decade, DC has built 13% less housing than its Comprehensive Plan calls for. Of the new housing that is going up, most of it is confined to the central city even though the plan recommends only 30% go there. Meanwhile, most parts of the District are building little or no new housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Faster, faster, slower, slower
Pick up the pace; Slow down for the children; The bus stops here; Exurban transit; You really gotta shovel this year; Pilgrims on a train; Fighting inequality; Studying Freddie Gray; Help us, Congress. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to school
Share the wealth; Pay up; Design for health; Safety first; Airports and carshare; Pruning pays off; Playing around; Little Free zoning violation. Keep reading…
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The Metropolitan Branch Trail could learn a thing or two from Chicago’s new bike trail
Chicago’s new 606 trail is already very popular for biking, running, and walking, in large part because it’s full of attractive landscaping and user-friendly amenities. DC would be smart to take some ideas from the 606 for upcoming changes to the Metropolitan Branch Trail. Keep reading…
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Opposition to housing in HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” sounds eerily familiar
In the second episode of the miniseries Show Me a Hero, which premiered on HBO last Sunday, angry crowds — all white — protest at a Yonkers, NY city council meeting discussing a plan to put a measly 200 low-income households in the more affluent parts of the city. Many people watching surely believe that they wouldn’t be throwing diapers at the council if they had been in Yonkers… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spring forward
The SSTC, finally!; Crime keeps climbing; Stagnating rents; What’s next for White Flint; Cities bring safer cycling; Remembering Marion Barry; Make the peds pay; Houston, we have a solution; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: She’s got a ticket to ride
Don’t cross the Potomac; Ride On or not; Split or ride alone; Death on the road; Pershing Park proposals; Count them; Housing vouchers; Cash money; Hot stations; Fun fun fun. Keep reading…