Posts about Technology
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These Metro stations’ names might have been very different
Metro’s Medical Center station was almost called “Pooks Hill,” and Navy Yard could have been “Weapons Plant.” This 1967 map shows some of the amusing names that WMATA considered for a number of Metro stations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tenant v landlord
Landlords get around rent control; TOPA gone too far?; The sky is falling; Realtime tracking for Loudoun’s commuter buses; Fewer Metro riders in Virginia; No teens alone at the mall; Billboard bullies?; More carpool competition. Keep reading…
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VRE’s map keeps getting more diagrammatic
Last year, when Virginia’s VRE commuter rail system opened a new extension to Spotyslvania, the agency completely redesigned its map. The new version follows a trend for VRE: Every iteration gets more and more like a subway diagram, and less like a true geographic map. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sunday service for the streetcar
More streetcars, and Sundays too!; Construction contract triggers resignations; Families fight to stay in Brookland; Metro promises better track inspection; The forgotten national parks; High-priced homes; MoCo wrestles with Airbnb rentals; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A dream of affordable housing
Hard road to affordability; City prices outpace outside; More jobs for the ‘burbs; Green light for practice facility; More transparency, please; Transit center’s birthday wishes; Designs to beat the heat; Bikes on the hill. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting housing regulation right
Regulating DCRA; Where there’s smoke?; How you gonna pay the rent?; The Tide turns 5; Wait for it … in an Uber room; More housing for Michigan Park; Baltimore’s new boats; EmergencyBnB; And…. Keep reading…
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Upcoming events: Happy hour with Rushern Baker, bike theft, transportation tech, and more!
Our next happy hour is coming up on Tuesday, August 23, featuring special guest Rushern Baker, the Prince George’s County Executive. Also, here are some more upcoming ways for you to extend your urbanist learning and activism to the physical world. County Executive Baker has been a champion for smart growth and transit in a county that has been patiently waiting for both. Keep reading…
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Tour the White House with Google Street View
Want to tour the White House, but can’t score an entry pass? Google’s Street View tool includes the building’s interior. Keep reading…
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This suburban house is big, cheap, and ripe for innovation
Suburban building types like McMansions and strip malls are often derided for being cheap and disposable. But those things also make them great place for innovating in food, music, or even technology. Keep reading…
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How DC’s central and outer neighborhoods differ, in 3 maps
Some of DC’s residential neighborhoods feel a lot more like a city than others— just compare Capitol Hill’s small row houses and the mid-century homes in upper Forest Hills, for example. These maps show the big divide between DC’s inner and outer sections when it comes to house type, year built, and lot size. Keep reading…