Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Funding surge
Paying teachers; Surge!; More biking; Stepping down; Metro tunnel shooting; Tragic walking; Watching the tracks; Biking means profit; And…. Keep reading…
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Better transit can’t wait
The Bowser administration has put the District’s streetcar plans on pause, and may even scrap the H Street “starter line” entirely. It’s important to think hard about the right transit approach, but whether it’s a streetcar, buses in dedicated lanes or something else, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration must keep enlarging the District’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Depleted resources
Going, going, gone; Family homelessness spikes; Metro turmoil; Riding the rails; Tolling for transit; A world of financial pain; Go, Richmond, Go!; RIP Michael Graves; And…. Keep reading…
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Imagine a Kennedy Center that’s part of downtown
The Kennedy Center is a marble island cut off from downtown by highways. What if instead, it was the heart of a new urban neighborhood linking Georgetown and the National Mall? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We want nice things
Fighting for the streetcar; Metrobus bust; All nighter; Saving affordable spaces; Homelessness woes; Schoolhouse rock; No gas; Living together; USPS, FedEx, or Bikeshare. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New ways to move
Buses flying by; Uber for kids?; Walkblock still blocked; TOD comes to Totten; Secondhand smoke; “Rain tax” lives, for now; Underground plans; And…. Keep reading…
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DC proposes an incentive for three-bedroom apartments
With so many new one- and two-bedroom apartments under construction in DC, how can officials guarantee the city has enough housing for families that need bigger homes? One idea they’re considering would give developers permission to build more units in new buildings, as long as some of the added units contain at least three bedrooms each. Image from the DC Zoning Map. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make way for the bus
16th St under scrutiny; Visioning zero; Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle; College planning; Still say no; Driving crime down; Unaffordable Arlington; Woodridge on the rise; Go go gondola; And…. Keep reading…
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Better management can transform downtown parks into gems
It takes more than a tuft of grass to make a good urban park. Some of the best downtown parks in America have non-profit management organizations that produce spectacular results. It’s time for DC to join them. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where are we now?
Red top, red light; It’s still raining; Where should they go?; Skewed scores; Millenials are voting; Greener grass; Left on Park, right on 2nd; And…. Keep reading…