Greater Greater Week in Review: August 14-20, 2011
Photo by Jason OX4 on Flickr.
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Featured posts:
The police broke my house by mistake, wouldn’t pay to fix: In the spring of 2009, the police attempted to break into my house. The previous resident of our home was arrested a few days earlier in a traffic stop. Her son successfully fled on foot, dropping a gun as he did so. When police asked her where her son lived, she gave the police our address telling them that he lived there with some of his friends.
More homebuyers want walkable, transit-served communities: New research shows that a growing number of homebuyers are interested in walkable, transit-served communities, and are willing to sacrifice a bigger house for a better neighborhood.
Fence will cut off park from Dupont Metro, 42 bus stop: The small triangle park across Q Street from the Dupont Circle Metro north entrance will soon get a long-needed renovation, but will also get a fence that will make it harder to use the park, walk along Connecticut Avenue, or wait for the bus.
Guardrails: Only for people in cars: Quick quiz: According to the Maryland State Highway Administration, what is the purpose of guard rails on roads? (1) to protect everybody. (2) to protect people in cars. The correct answer is (2).
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Taxi Magic online booking smooth, taxi ride not so much: Taxi Magic is an online service and mobile app that lets you easily request a taxi around much of the region (and nation). I tried it for the first time this weekend, and found the technology very smooth, though sadly the taxi driver who arrived wasn’t nearly so high-quality.
Georgetown ANC redistricting plan marginalizes students: A redistricting plan proposed for Georgetown’s ANC 2E would dramatically under-represent students attending Georgetown University. The proposal is a direct attempt to limit student involvement in neighborhood affairs.
Want a Whole Foods? Add residences, or face traffic: A mixed-use development right on Route 1 in Riverdale Park turned into a giant strip mall with a Whole Foods, after residents opposed the initial plan. But now residents fear the new plan will bring in too much traffic.
Guide to bikeway typology: As urban cycling becomes more common, new terms are entering the lexicon that people may not be completely familiar with. Here is a guide to the most common types of urban bikeways.
Would personalized “spider maps” be useful for DC?: London has a complex network of train and bus lines, and a unique type of diagram to help people navigate them, known colloquially as the “spider map.” As part of the work at the Mobility Lab, we’re looking into generating these for the DC region, but going one step farther, and creating personalized ones for any location.
Other posts:
- For a safe park, the best defense is a good offense
- What if the fire department ran like ABRA?
- Crosswalks: Is it time for a rethink?
- Zombie road rises from the dead in upcounty Montgomery
- Book review: Capital Losses
- Is disability parking necessary at sites without parking?
- Historic Preservation Review Board vacancies go unfilled
- Can a commercial enterprise succeed if hidden from view?
- Rainbows over the Flickr pool
- Join GGW for a happy hour on August 23
- Become a contributor, write about interesting events
- Cheh appoints self to school board by giving up on Hardy
- Many urban dwellers still lack option to live without a car