Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Budget breakthroughs
Stamp of approval; Almost free; Safety first; Outside consult; How to pay; People for parks; Unfairly fired; Floating; Walk this way. Keep reading…
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Incomes are rising in the District, but not for people born here
Between 2006 and 2012, incomes for DC residents born in another US state increased by approximately 12%. But for people born in DC, they decreased by more than 16%. A rising tide, it turns out, will not necessarily lift all boats. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Exact or enact
Tax dump; Raising fare; Purchasing power; Door no more; Any alternative; Still free, less range; Identity crisis; And…. Keep reading…
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Beyond Metro, there’s no big idea for transit in DC anymore
The excellent Housing Complex writer Aaron Wiener is leaving the local reporting scene for a position at Mother Jones. For his valedictory column, he proposes 15 “not-so-modest proposals for how to make DC better.” The first three cover transit. So what’s the big pie-in-the-sky for transit? First: “Build new Metro lines.” Second: “At… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out of the way
Walmart hits a snag; The boom slows; Shaw shows off; $1 million in cash; To tow or not to tow; Traffic unicorns; Two tiers; Split your ride; Unrest leads to backlash. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Planning ahead
To tax?; Purple haze; Cruel irony; Slow ride; Sidewalk block; A last hurrah; Teachers needed; Defining urban; Charting rent increases. Keep reading…
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Mary Cheh’s annual joke budget memo mocks the streetcar, endless transportation studies, and more
Each year, as the DC Council considers the District’s budget, Councilmember Mary Cheh and her staff issue fake recommendations that satirize recent news. This year’s poke even sharper fun than usual at a number of issues around transportation, Eleanor Holmes Norton’s parking, the Vince Gray prosecution, and many others. On the streetcar, for instance,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Alternative B; At the crossroads; Sick; Staying still; Seeing green; Ride hail; Park district; Don’t rank me; Sled on. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Whose plan is it anyway?
Keep ‘em coming; Shifting lanes; Playground politics; Retro refit; Fit or fiction; Dipping a toe in the water; Not so fast; And…. Keep reading…
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Visit DC’s wonderful public gardens on transit
Our region is blessed with over 100 public gardens, most of which are free or very cheap to visit. Here’s a rundown of the very best, all of which you can get to by taking Metro or the bus. Keep reading…