Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Out of batteries
Less money from cameras; Watch out for drivers; Black gold in Virginia?; Broke in Bethesda; Homeless hotels; A county underwater; Boost biking; Bowser meets Boehner; Dig into Metro ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Car-free housing could come to historic Blagden Alley
One hundred twenty-three new units of housing could come to Shaw’s historic Blagden Alley. Many residents think that’s a great idea, but some aren’t happy that the project would contain no parking spaces. That idea deserves support, not opposition. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just an inch
Nor’easter; Emergency training; Pop-up primer; Authority for Montgomery?; Minimize parking; Metro affluence; Dependent downsides; City limits or region?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Accumulation
Storm’s a-comin’; When was “peak car”?; Mixed results for mixed-income; Charge on I-95; More than one way to zero; School cuts; Redevelopment in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Bus stops around DC are getting real-time arrival displays
If you ride the bus on 16th Street, Georgia Avenue, H Street/Benning Road, Wisconsin Avenue, or Pennsylvania Avenue in DC, it may already be easier to know when your bus is coming. New real-time screens have already appeared on 37 bus stops, and more are coming. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lanes coming
Next bike lanes; More Metro fallout; No endangered species; A vision, realized; Candidate campaigns on Metro; The wandering museum; We’re driving less; And…. Keep reading…
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The Air and Space Museum needs a new skin
In the four decades after it opened, the National Air and Space Museum has become one of Washington’s most well-loved attractions. Its building hasn’t aged so well. The window walls are outdated, skylights leak, the mechanical systems are dying, and the terraces are leaking into the basement car storage. But much worse than that, the stones that clad the building… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tunnel and surface
Anomalies in our tunnels; Better buses in Tysons; VDOT likes toll lanes; It’ll stay short; Powerless merger; New versus old; What’s the answer?; Where it is; How will we change?; Slow train to LaGuardia; And…. Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning opposes DC’s row house downzoning plan
Mere months after she stepped down as head of DC’s Office of Planning, Harriet Tregoning’s former agency came out with a proposal to limit the height and numbers of units that can go in many row houses. Tregoning has now sent a letter to the DC Zoning Commission opposing this plan. She writes,I am afraid conclusions about development pipeline outcomes and impacts… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Join the conversation
Have a free night this week? Make sure your voice is heard at several public input hearings in DC, Maryland, or Virginia. Looking for something lower pressure? WABA has you covered for some great community-building biking events. South Capitol Corridor: Thursday, learn about the South Capitol Street Corridor Project, which will replace the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. Keep reading…