Posts about Links
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Breakfast links: Shelter and growth
Arlington activists push for affordable housing; More funding for homeless in MoCo; Stomp down on pop-ups; Minimum wage hike gets OK; History has its costs; More traffic forever; Suburban transit commuters are rich; Metro for non-commutes; More than gondolas; Northeast is the wealthiest region. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Saving the city
Self-policing DC; Best design of the year?; Shaw and Anacostia sites ready for development; Pay-to-play meter deal; Defense of streetcar in Arlington; Urbanism from scratch; 1 car = 10 bikes; 11-year BRT timeline; Utah’s transit gem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike hate
Against bikes; A mile in their (cycling) shoes; Tech firms don’t get urbanism; What other people’s parking costs you; How cities can grow up; Alexandria examines moving CSX tracks; Bloomberg focuses on rest of the world; Profit Uber alles?; The fare limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Some teachers get an F at forum
Partisan crowd gives Gray a hard time: At a forum for mayoral candidates sponsored by the Washington Teachers Union (WTU), Mayor Vincent Gray faced hostile questions about school closures, teacher evaluations, and an emphasis on test scores. He got boos, while other candidates drew cheers for opposing some of those policies. (Post) And the media give teachers a scolding: … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Community input
Georgetown thinks big; Bowie Walmart gets a “no”; Bus lines shut down; Good news for transit in budget deal; Best & worst: Escalator edition; AAA endorses transit(!); Don’t door me bro; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: For Rent
The rent is too high; Affordable housing saved; Affordable housing gone; DC’s changing demographics; ANCs losing weight; New plans for Columbia; I-66 going up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Residential growth, sans parking
Less parking, please; No more parking at apartments; More hearings for zoning rewrite; CaBi continues to grow; What DC would (not) look without height limit; Gaithersburg to tackle bike-friendly streets; Minimum wage week for Wells. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and cold
More snow today; Education debate gets heated; DC’s ugliest buildings; Car2Go raises rates; Free bus to Metro continued; Restore service or decrease fares?; Unfortunate Charm City milestone; Unusual crime fighting methods; High Line critters; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ice storm
Storm delays region; Are Walmarts coming west of the Park?; Jurisdictions must prioritize Metro projects; Metro works on customer service; Companies choose urban locations; From College Park to college town?; Consultants favor National Harbor casino; How is bikeshare doing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Education and the mayoral race
Catania ponders mayoral run: Councilmember David Catania, chair of the DC Council’s education committee, is launching an exploratory committee, saying he wants to see if he can do more for education as mayor. As an independent, he can wait until June, well after the April primary, to make a final decision. (City Paper) Mayoral hopeful Bowser jumps on middle school… Keep reading…