Posts about District of Columbia
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Why the right is wrong about affordable housing
On Wednesday, we discussed what’s wrong with the notion that supply and demand don’t apply to housing. But on the other end of the spectrum, a free-market approach isn’t the whole answer to housing affordability, either. Some people (on the left) oppose new market-rate housing development. They claim that new development only provides high-end housing,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Funding strategies
Second snow day; Bike hike; No statehood, but we can sled!; More Maryland light rail?; Uber-happy in Maryland; More Amtrak funding details; Compact is cheap; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winter (weather) is coming
Patience; I need a hero; Pound foolish; Fight for your right; Walking while black; All aboard; Sorry, kids; Business or pleasure? Pleasure; Toboggan to work day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Service oriented
Give, take; More data needed; Public busing, private schools?; More MARC trains; Stamp of approval; Stairway to maintenance; Ticket to ride; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
Job opening; Put the leash on; Slow down; Don’t tear down this school; Purple protest; MoCo BRT moving; Too high?; Pop-up price drops; And…. Keep reading…
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33% of Metro rail trips stay within one city or county. Where are they?
A few days ago, Metro planners wrote that about two-thirds of Metrorail trips cross county or state boundaries. What about the trips that don’t? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bowser makes choices
Maybe just two miles; DC trashes recycling; A step toward zero; School boundaries tweaked; Skate to work day; Can you hear me now?; Hard times in Maryland; Poor students; Transportation discrimination. Keep reading…
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The Dutch government is trolling DC over marijuana, bike lanes, and streetcars
As marijuana legalization took effect in the District of Columbia, Mayor Muriel Bowser said DC would “not become like Amsterdam.” We talked about the differences yesterday, including on bicycling and transit, but the Embassy of the Netherlands has playfully responded with this infographic comparing our two capital cities. Keep reading…
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How two families dealt with Metro problems and other transportation options in the snow
There was track work on the Red Line last weekend, and as it turned out, a smoke incident as well. Both Mitch Wander and David Alpert were riding the Red Line, and the experiences yielded plenty of examples of the bad and the good of Metro and other transportation choices. Keep reading…
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Cities worldwide are building beautiful, landmark pedestrian and bicycle bridges. Could Georgetown be next?
A new bicycle and pedestrian bridge may one day connect Georgetown with Roosevelt Island. Some recent bridges like this in other cities have become iconic landmarks. Could DC do the same and compensate for its freqently lackluster bridge designs? Here are a few of the world’s great pedestrian bridges. Keep reading…