Posts about Planning
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Breakfast links: Metro considers an “express” option for the Silver Line
Metro considers ways to add “express” Silver Line train. Report finds Alexandria’s Seminary Road Diet to be a success. Fairfax County prepares for a precarious future with new climate resilience plan. Keep reading…
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Thrive 2050 advocates hope the newly passed plan paves the way for a more walkable, equitable Montgomery County
Can the recently passed Thrive 2050 plan be Montgomery County’s answer to past planning mistakes centered on single family houses, largely car-dependent development, and even economic and racial segregation? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC reevaluates Vision Zero plan
DDOT updates its Vision Zero plan. Alexandria to adopt a multi-year plan to rename streets that honor Confederate figures. MoCo school bus driver shortage disrupts students, families. Keep reading…
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These three DC neighborhoods almost became freeway-oriented suburbia
Planners in the 1950s wanted to replace large swaths of central Washington with freeways. Canceling those plans saved the city not just from the freeways themselves, but also from an equally stunning plan to demolish thousands more blocks alongside said freeways and “renew” them with a suburban landscape of strip malls, office campuses, and apartment towers. Keep reading…
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Five crashes, over $100,000 in damages, and no answers
The growing costs of one Richmond property in the line of poorly designed roads and bridges echoes concerns nationwide on vehicle crashes into buildings. Keep reading…
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National links: Office commutes scrutinized in efforts to reduce emissions
Office buildings’ largest emission is the commute. Charlotte’s uptown highway wall. Rethinking the benefit of community input. Keep reading…
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Sections of Wyoming Avenue and Kalorama Road NW to become one-way streets
Two key Adams Morgan thoroughfares are on track to become one-way streets next year, although some neighbors have concerns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Almost a quarter of DCHA housing units remain vacant
25% of DC public housing units remain vacant. Region will miss its 2025 deadline to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Prince George’s County Council holds hearing on plan to improve pedestrian and bicycle access around West Hyattsville Metro station. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro urges funding increases as it faces massive financial shortfalls
Metro works to convince regional leaders for more funding. DC, Baltimore work with the Urban Institute to increase Black homeownership. Enrollment increases are pressuring Alexandria to build more schools. Keep reading…
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National links: Setbacks mount for self-driving car industry
Anemic progress on self-driving cars. Anthropologist questions how we think about housing. The benefits of reimagining parking spaces. Keep reading…