Posts about Parking
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Whitman-Walker project has positive impacts, too
Yesterday, developer JBG Companies, opposing neighbors, and advocates faced off before the Board of Zoning Adjustment for a hearing about the proposed development on the Whitman-Walker site on 14th between S and Swann. Keep reading…
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Harvard Square: streets more complete, parking needs work
I stopped to eat in Harvard Square today on the way to my parents’ from the Boston airport. Modern thinking on street design has made its impact on the Square. Bike lanes have erupted all over the place since 2000, and the small Palmer Street alley, which runs between the Harvard Coop’s two buildings, has become a pedestrian-friendly, woonerf-like “shared space”… Keep reading…
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Midnight links: I will protest injustice more
Traditional sidewalk values: Citing California’s precedent of taking away minority rights by majority vote, a group of Princeton students is pushing Princeton Proposition 8, to “preserve traditional sidewalk values” that reserve sidewalks for sophomores, juniors, seniors, grad students, faculty, staff, visitors, and others, but not freshmen. (AmericaBlog)… Keep reading…
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Almost lunch links: the District’s Republicans
Please do sully her legacy, Mr. Graham: Carol Schwartz is hurt that Jim Graham would propose ending the free Saturday parking she implemented years ago. “Graham says he had no intention of sullying Schwartz’s legacy with his revenue-positive moves,” writes Loose Lips. Graham’s plan is a good idea, and the faster we abandon Schwartz’s knee-jerk,… Keep reading…
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Free Metro parking for inauguration?
Metrorail set its highest-ever ridership record on Friday, July 11th, with a combination of a Nationals game, high gas prices, conferences and summer tourism driving over 854,000 people to the trains. But everyone expects that record to pale in comparison to January 20, 2009: the inauguration of President Obama. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: tastes great, less filling
Please enroll in transportation economics 101: UMD’s Residence Hall Association Keep reading…
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This alternative is technically impossible because neighbors would complain
Do transportation consulting companies really provide unbiased analysis, or do they simply conclude whatever their paying client wants to hear? Keep reading…
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Metro plans to share parking with Marriott hotel
At this week’s meeting, WMATA’s Planning, Development and Real Estate Committee will consider a proposal to enter into an agreement with Marriott to build a 162-room hotel on the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station site (see map). Originally, the site was to have a free-standing bank, which is not a very high-density use of land near a Metro station. This is much… Keep reading…
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Not his father’s parking philosophy: Graham suggests meter hikes
To help shore up DC’s finances, Jim Graham has proposed raising meter rates, including charging for Saturday parking, the Examiner reports. Keep reading…
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How much parking does a DC townhome neighborhood have?
During last week’s resident parking hearing, several witnesses told Councilmember Graham that DC has too many resident permits. I decided to take a look at a typical neighborhood in Ward 1 to see how many street parking spaces there were compared to the number of homes. I selected Advisory Neighborhood Commission Single-Member District (SMD) 1D05, because from the overhead… Keep reading…