Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: Purple Line in doubt, again
Purple Line needs another new study; Riders’ advocates go by the wayside; Orange will stay; Metro officer arrested for trying to support ISIS; Section 8 hate; Football coaches forgo traffic for bikes; Doubling down in Loudoun; That button doesn’t do anything; The key to better bus stops. Keep reading…
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What do 80,000 people in a square mile look like? Depends on where you put them.
When we talk about dense housing, many think of New York City skyscrapers, or Soviet blocks. But as images maps of different neighborhoods in DC show, not all density looks the same. Keep reading…
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A passageway from the Met Branch Trail to Florida Avenue is a great idea. Closing it at night? Not so much.
Plans for a big development in NoMa include new public “bike lobby” that will connect the Metropolitan Branch Trail to Florida Avenue. As of now, though, the storage space and passageway won’t be open around the clock, making it less useful and the trail potentially less safe. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The worst bus stop in America?
This bus stop is awful; A new home for Metro?; Now you can connect; Passengers prevail over cargo; Mega-wide Pike; Road revisions; More TOD for Reston; And…. Keep reading…
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Housing beats out office space in NoMa, which could mean more affordable units
A development in NoMa called Washington Gateway could bring 30 new affordable units to the area. They’d be part of a larger proposal to change course away from building office space and toward building residential units. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flood’s fury
Devastation in Ellicott City; Derailment investigation; SafeTrack comes to the Red line; More respect for Metro workers; The Flats at WMATA HQ?; Questionable urbanism; Fired up over fire station; Millennial affordability; AC catch-22; And…. Keep reading…
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50% of DC residents live on only 20% of the land
Also, a quarter lives on just 7% of it. I made these maps to illustrate that. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailed and delayed
Derailment on the Orange and Silver Lines; Still up for public input; Can’t stop won’t stop RPP; Wizards facility price goes up; Better buses for I-66; Trip tracking not just for fun; Red signal special; Charlotte’s solid walls; Keeping up with the Joneses. Keep reading…
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What do you think of these bike plans for Columbia Pike?
Columbia Pike is one of Arlington’s least bike-friendly corridors— there aren’t any bike lanes, traffic is heavy, and the bike boulevards on parallel streets are disjointed and disconnected. The good news it that there’s a plan to make the Pike a better place to bike. The bad? It isn’t exactly going to win any awards. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On to IZ
Affordable housing in the zone; Fewer parking spots near Silver; Take note, WMATA; Bikeshare for Falls Church; Housing hot in Arlington; Red light for Red Line; Smaller spots and remote lots; And…. Keep reading…