Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: Big votes on money
What’s in the DC budget?; Fares hike may be approved today; Motivated seller; N Street eclipse; How you talk about it matters; And…; Up in Maryland; In the west. Keep reading…
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Moving AU law school could revitalize Tenleytown
American University is developing their 2011 campus plan, which will guide growth for the next decade. In effect, the plan is also an understanding between the neighborhood and the university about what the part of the city they share should look like in 2020… and 2060. In addition to some new buildings on campus AU proposes two major changes: First, the university would… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget day
Soda, maybe; meters, no; Commuter tax? Just for government work; How high will your fare be?; 11th-hour transit operating aid?; Parking cap for BRAC?; I-66 getting slightly wider; Shoup@NBM again; Why Smart Growth is smart. Keep reading…
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Frederick is “Fredneck” no more
A few weeks ago, my friends and I drove up to Frederick for the day. I’d never been there, but discovered much greater Washington could learn from. Forget “Fredneck.” No matter what color their necks may be, this place is far from backwards. You can imagine my surprise when, after we parked in the very center of downtown, I stepped out of the car to see a bustling,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and money
Speak for streetcars; Metro money matters; Indifferent employees; Why do people take transit?; If it’s AAA, it leads; Not enough government in Maryland?; Flip him the smiley face; And…. Keep reading…
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Three-Beltways boosters perpetuate myths about growth
When the “2030 Group” recently launched to push for “good sustainable growth,” some charged that it’s just a stalking horse for the freeway lobby and the roads they’ve been pushing unsuccessfully for decades. That charge stemmed largely from the involvement of cofounder John Tilghman “Til” Hazel, a longtime freeway… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground spaces, above-ground fights
Center Leg gash to heal; Dupont tunnels: Public money or not?; UMD backs down halfway; Fighting over VRE; Commission opposition; Lawyers on bikes; Down with opaque windows; And…. Keep reading…
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TPB should stop stapling, start planning for sustainability
On Wednesday, the regional Transportation Planning Board heard a presentation on how the region needs to grow more sustainably to avoid out-of-control greenhouse gas emissions. They then voted to add numerous projects to the long-range plan that will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. The jurisdictions that submit projects also deleted a few, because the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today!
Bike to work, avoid dogs; Bye townhouses, hello parking?; On New York Avenue; More residential for Tysons; Oh great, loud grates; Know a hit-and-run driver in Frederick?; Soda tax? Probably not; MARC hits a new mark. Keep reading…
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Dear Andres Duany: Money, not millennials, hurting cities
Dear Mr. Duany, At twenty-two years old, I qualify as a Millennial. I enjoy loud music and cheap, greasy food, among other things. I also love cities, including Washington, D.C., the one I was born in. I can’t afford to live there, so I live at home with my parents. Yet, according to what you recently told the Atlantic, I’m ruining the place: “There’s… Keep reading…