Posts about District of Columbia
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Muriel Bowser promises to finish the DC streetcar from Georgetown to Ward 7
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser gave the annual State of the District address Tuesday night. Among many other statements, one caught the eye of most reporters, people on Twitter, and others: She has definitively decided to finish the main east-west streetcar line. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mad for development
Calling all developers; Pop-up less; Use a barge; Excellent X2; A tiny tiff; Cherry blossom Metro; Hand in hand; Citi upgrades; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kids these days
My car is a bus; Teens and police talking; Candid camera; Get off my lawn; Diversity please; Cost of Columbus; Declining towns; Temporary urbeerism; Occupy London; And…. Keep reading…
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Anacostia’s larger-than-life Big Chair is full of neighborhood history
There’s a humongous chair at the corner of Martin Luther King Avenue and V Street in Anacostia, named, appropriately, the Big Chair. And while it is quite the spectacle, the Big Chair is also a symbol of economic opportunity in the neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Tax benefit changes and better options are hurting transit ridership
While Americans took a record number of trips on public transportation last year, ridership numbers in our region are down. There are several potential reasons for the region’s dip, but two in particular warrant consideration: changes to commuter tax benefits, and better alternatives to traditional transit. Nationwide, Americans made 10.75 billion trips by… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy birthday Metro
In with the new; Arch Madness; Fear and loathing; Feed the rush; Move that bus!; Tune in for transit; Beefed up bikeshare; Partisan parking. Keep reading…
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We visited 18 schools in 90 days to play DC’s annual preschool lottery. Here is what we learned.
Parents all over DC are awaiting the results of the city’s annual lottery to get into public schools and public charter schools, which are expected to hit inboxes Friday. The anxiety level is high. My husband and I entered the lottery to get a spot in a preschool program for our three-year-old child. Not all 3- or 4-year-olds are guaranteed a spot in a school, even in the school… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: This land is my land
Master of my eminent domain; Unpave paradise; Where and how much?; We’re different; Abandonment issues; Crumbling sidewalks; Saving energy; Completing our streets; Worst parking job ever. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Finding fixes
Faulty systems; If you build it; Ch-ch-ch-changes; Pay your fares; Like a tank; You complete me; Paved paradise; No fracking… yet. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Everything is politics
From Rayburn to Wilson; Out with the old; Will Mulder move to Maryland?; Climbing the ladder; Snow scofflaws; Penthouses pop up; You’re blocking my sun; And…. Keep reading…