Posts about Links
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Breakfast links: DC’s Slow Streets are ending as officials seek a ‘permanent and more effective strategy’
So long, Slow Streets (for now). What Baltimore’s renewed Lexington Market will mean post-pandemic. Preserving Alexandria’s affordable housing before Amazon arrives. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Want to be a state? Get a mine and some car dealerships first
Legislators float some new reasons DC can’t be a state. Fairfax County may loosen accessory apartment regulations. Metro closures are coming to Green and Yellow lines. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Part of Little Falls Parkway will be car-free on weekends again
Little Falls Parkway will get limited closures for pedestrians, cyclists. Neighbors celebrate removal of Capitol razor wire fence. Arlington considers a height limit zoning change. Keep reading…
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National links: All bus lanes are not created equal
Bus lanes on the edge of the road may be easier to build than other solutions, but they come with problems. A highway in Texas is drawing lawsuits and civil rights claims. How Biden can work with cities. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Repaving crews could be coming to a road, sidewalk or alley near you
Map: DDOT’s repaving plans for this year. Work on Baltimore’s Penn Station revamp is starting soon. New rules are in motion to preserve River Farm. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Construction on the 16th Street bus lane has finally begun
16th Street bus lane construction begins in DC. 140 hate incidents against Asian Americans reported across the region. Montgomery County moves forward with mass vaccination site. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After a long quarantine winter, officials fear people will risk crowding to see the cherry blossoms
DC may close off cherry blossom hotspots again. Virginia restores voting rights for those released from prison. A mass vaccine site in Montgomery County? Officials might have spoken too soon. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The Capitol fence isn’t coming down, but it’ll get a little smaller
The Capitol fence is being scaled back. DC adults will be vaccine eligible by May 1. Montgomery County could move funds from police to mental health. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Commuting could be back by the fall, but it won’t look the same
How commuting could change later this year. DC’s Zoning Commission expands inclusionary zoning. The hanging gardens of Alexandria? Keep reading…
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National links: Anyone remember what happened the last time housing prices boomed this much?
Skyrocketing housing prices may not be a bubble, but they’re probably not sustainable either. In pricey, dense cities, forget “missing middle” housing: think “missing large.” Long cast aside as too polluted for recreation, urban rivers are having a moment. Keep reading…