Posts about Development
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Still not inclusionary: Council blasts Fenty’s inaction
Another Friday, another DC Register with no Inclusionary Zoning regulations despite numerous laws requiring their publication. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Save the planet
Streetlights of the future; 30-plus years behind the times: NPS of course; DC gets a B on trees; Have Obama’s first 100 days greened DC?; Energy efficiency stimulus will go to solar panels and bags; U Street hotel gets a little shorter; 5th and Mass gets a little safer; 1904 book promotes Columbia Heights; Hugs and helmets. Keep reading…
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All BRT plans are not created equal
Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich believes that his proposed Bus Rapid Transit network is a key tool to deal with the huge amounts of traffic that the controversial Base Realignment and Closure plan (BRAC) will bring to military facilities in the county. Elrich cited two of his proposed BRT lines, from Olney and Germantown to downtown Bethesda, as key links from housing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Zealous enforcers and budget maneuvers
Yo building is so ugly, only terrorists want to photograph it; Maryland offers more money for PG buses; MoCo may allow parking revenue to fund transit; Performance parking working in Philly; Berliner proposes more Metro stops in Bethesda; Arlington picks stimulus projects; Clarendon zoning adjusted; Park Service cracks down on pedicabs; An even greater Thomas Circle vision; Twice a day?. Keep reading…
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Toronto’s “tower renewal” could point the way for East County high rises
During the 1960s and ‘70s, eastern Montgomery County experienced a high-rise building boom, with apartment towers sprouting up as far north as Burtonsville. A rough count shows there are over forty apartment buildings with more than eight stories in East County outside of Downtown Silver Spring, many of which are clustered in White Oak, Leisure World and along University… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Visions of transportation
WABA action: restore Columbia Road bike lanes; Trail users “undesirable” to one Vienna councilmember; Making Thomas Circle a usable park; Baltimore Red Line fight looking a lot like purple; Cheaper gas changing little; Zoning Commission hears from proponents; DC unveils artistic bike racks; At least we’re not in London; People near transit own fewer cars. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not spending the money
Will Metro give money back while cutting service?; Fenty not spending meter increase money; T4A to Congress: save transit; Huge unused runway, or great rail line?; Benning on track for tracks; NYC may require “green retrofits”; 11 transit success stories; Bad BRAC bike setup still static; LaHood gets bicycling; PW-DC ferry in testing; Zipcar managing governmental car sharing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: SmarTrip, the environment, Japan, and more
SmarTrip Web reload, autoload coming; Metro MasterCard: priceless?; Chicago real-time bus info spurs app competition; Environmentalist except in your backyard; Break out the white paint; Japan’s roads to nowhere; Streets are different in Japan, too; Lewis, Kojo talk big box reuse; Navarro probably wins District 4; Arts event for city’s elite excludes emerging arts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Greener except on the Green Line
Uncutting transit; No Metro after late Nats games?; Good job Cavan!; FOX supports transit yesterday; Moran introduces national bag fee; More for the Mall; Vehicle hits man, reporter ignores driver; Too aggressive; UMD deletes garages; How about zig-zags?; Fenty’s $4,000 bike and other facts; Shopping to housing in Germantown; Not what we meant, Mendo. Keep reading…
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Citizens’ associations reach a crossroads with contested DCCA election
Do citizens’ and civic associations represent the broad interests of residents, or very narrow factions within a neighborhood? Recently, growing numbers of residents have started to question the long-standing role of these groups as the voices of residents in the civic discourse. The Dupont Circle Citizens’ Association (DCCA) faces a contested election next month,… Keep reading…