Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: Watchful schools
School bus cameras in MoCo; Dinner at school; Bill seeks oases in food deserts; PG Council considers $4.5M subsity for shopping center; SmarTrip misinformation abounds; Metro closures November 5-7; DDOT & MPD can do better; Plurality favor cuts to “transportation”. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Lincoln Park CaBi tonight, tons Wednesday
There’s no need to stay home Wednesday evening, since at least five fascinating and/or important events are vying for your time. First, tonight is the showdown over placing a Capital Bikeshare station at Lincoln Park. ANC 6A, which covers the area northeast of the park, is meeting tonight to discuss the controversy over placing a station in the area. The meeting starts… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Haven’t got it covered
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Breakfast links: Smarter suburbs
Reston rising; An even better Frederick; Walter Reed is Metro-accessible; O’Malley, Ehrlich spar; VRE breaks own record; Live atop a church; Be nice, taxi drivers. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Percentage perspective
A tale of two cities; Car independence in DC; More stats and inequalities; Transportation service; Is Cato’s parking anti-free-market?; More sincere flattery; Sprawl, illustrated. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Lockwood, Gray, Walter Reed, McMillan Sand, Lincoln Park CaBi, retro bikes and much more
The next few weeks have copious opportunities to weigh in on the future of DC neighborhoods. Please consider attending some of them! Tonight alone has three great events competing for your time. The Coalition for Smarter Growth is hosting “transportation celebrity” Ian Lockwood for a talk tonight at NCPC, 401 9th Street, NW. Lockwood designed the Gilbert’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Local developers learning
Parking minimums can bring profit maximums; Scaling down with the Joneses; Health projects funded instead of BRAC; “Hipster Express” ties U Street, Brooklyn; Food fights; Not another Adams Morgan!; Drivers not behaving in bike lanes, so remove the lanes?; Sincerest form of flattery. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cabinet shuffling
Rheesigning; Peck for City Administrator?; Road rash of crashes; VA liquor plan gets worse; Get yer historic DC maps; Ban stoplights?; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Bike share, Bloomingdale and BRAC
What’s the right bikeshare density?; Cycling is safer in numbers; Bloomingdale supports good urbanism; Modest BRAC impact in PG; Loudoun teacher wins big prize; Keynesian economies; No such thing as full employment. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Full of potential
The art of bikeshare redistribution; Streetcars and intensification; What’s up with conservatives and transit? Another view; Secret garden; Liquor license newspeak; Evicted from a bike locker?; Healing the freeway gash; Stop removal courage. Keep reading…