Posts about Planning
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It’s time to “think different” about automated traffic enforcement
Present-day automated traffic enforcement is based on outdated criminological theories, John Leibovitz argues, and it’s time to explore how increased sensor deployment, decreased fines, use of positive incentives, and other changes can make streets safer. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Condos driving increase in District home prices
Condos drive price appreciation in DC real estate market since 2022. Man critically injured after being struck by Red Line train. Flooding becoming more of a threat in majority-Black and Latino neighborhoods in the District. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dulles Airport to launch largest solar airport project in the US
Dominion Energy and Dulles Airport launch largest US airport solar project. Alexandria leads nation with 435 office-to-residential unit conversions in 2022. DC implements youth curfew in eight neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA starts engagement process for changes at Brookland Metro station
WMATA opens public comment period for redevelopment of Brookland Metro station. Ten years later, authors investigate Uber’s effect on DC. Amtrak files eminent domain lawsuit for Baltimore tunnel project. Keep reading…
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Dave Thomas Circle is getting revamped. It’s not the first time.
After being redesigned and updated multiple times in the past four decades, a new configuration for the treacherous Northeast intersection is set to open soon. Will it be successful? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Future of Giant grocery store in Congress Heights uncertain
The future of the Alabama Avenue SE Giant is uncertain. Person struck by driver on I-395 in Baltimore falls off bridge. Flooding on Rhode Island Avenue NE drowns multiple dogs at pet care facility. Keep reading…
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Federal bill offers hope to first-time homebuyers, but lack of housing supply threatens to blunt its impact in Virginia
Virginia’s Senators joined other Democratic lawmakers in introducing the LIFT Act, intended to help first-time, underrepresented homebuyers and tackle the racial wealth gap. If it passes, however, its success may be blunted by Virginia’s housing supply crisis. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Driver arrested Saturday after numerous hit-and-runs on I-395, I-66, George Washington Parkway
Driver hits as many as 21 cars with stolen vehicles in series of hit-and-runs in Virginia and DC on Saturday. Op-ed: Subsidies to Amazon aren’t paying off. Local developers look to innovate amid labor shortage, high supply costs. Keep reading…
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The DC Circulator’s electrification dilemma
The soaring cost of DDOT’s Circulator bus electrification plan threatens the continuation of the Circulator service itself, ultimately undermining the District’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA operator safety lapses continue
WMATA cited for more rail operator safety lapses. West End property owners sue to stop homeless shelter construction. The delicate dance of Washington National Airport’s overnight runway repaving. Keep reading…