Posts about District of Columbia
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DC streets will get seven new miles of bikeways in 2015
DDOT has released a list of new bikeways it will add in 2015. Although most of the additions this year will be short, they’re important. This year’s work will specifically focus on closing gaps in the network, in order to make existing bike lanes more useful. Keep reading…
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Even more development may come to North Capitol Street. Will transportation be ready?
A whole new mixed-use neighborhood may soon arise on a portion of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the large 272-acre estate off North Capitol Street. Will the new neighborhood become an isolated suburban island, or integrate into the urban fabric of the city? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch a ride
Uber 1, taxis 0; Snow pricing; Someday, maybe; Empowerment or equality; Kid free DC; Key to bikeshare success; So long, team?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After the snow
Snow sequel; More plows please; Air rights to Rosslyn?; Snow patrol; Mixed use might; Aging in place; Franklin fallout; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blowing snow
Snow day; Slow to upgrade; Highway builder, transit killer?; Give it a chance; Competitive race; Tunnel roadblock?; History collapses; Washington Monument gets smaller; Nothing nice to tweet; And…. Keep reading…
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Residential on top of the MLK library just doesn’t work
The DC Public Library considered adding three floors of housing on top of the Martin Luther King, Jr. library, but recently backed off. Preservation concerns and opposition from activists were part of the reason, but the real issue was that the finances didn’t work. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No death spiral yet
No fare hikes today; Help for the homeless; Chevy Chase continues fight; Carpool express; The best for bikes; Walkblocked by snow; Maintain or expand transit?; Maintain or expand roads?; And…. Keep reading…
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Is “the GGW agenda” dead? No, but it’s hard to build transit
Former Chevy Chase mayor and longtime Purple Line foe David Lublin provocatively wrote that “the Greater Greater Washington agenda” is “a fading dream” after a year of bad news for transit in our region. While we appreciate his compliment in choosing us to pick on, he’s wrong. Lublin notes that Arlington canceled the Columbia Pike streetcar,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro ire
Blowing smoke; Blame the brakes; It’s Groundhog Day; Gas prices vs. Metro; Loopholes big as a building; Raining cats and concrete; DeBonis goes to “Washington”; The guerrilla sign maker. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: Is a Georgetown gondola practical?
The Georgetown Business Improvement District and neighborhood leaders have been floating the idea of a gondola linking Georgetown with Rosslyn. But many transit experts seem skeptical. Who’s right? Keep reading…