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@spookiness: there was really only a small handful of Old Town residents that were against Capital Bikeshare. The city as a whole, especially those in Del Ray, were very supportive.

@catherine: for starters, let me make clear that I agree with you on the hotel issue. And while there's a drastic need for additional housing in the city, I'm not so sure that adding apartment buildings to the Waterfront plan is going to work. The buildings themselves would likely be wildly successful...the problem is, given the Harris Teeter development fight as an example, I'm not sure the local residents would allow it. And using the Transit Corridor meetings as an example, I suspect residents would also fight those apartment buildings on the grounds of increased traffic and "an even bigger parking mess". I hope I'm proved wrong, but I don't see any encouraging signs at the moment.

by Froggie on Nov 23, 2011 7:55 am • link • report