Posts by Moira Gillick — Guest Contributor
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Breakfast links: Half or double?
Transit benefit will shrink by half; DC taxi rate may double; Watergate Safeway, 1966-2011; Mall parking 60% empty; Replace fringe malls with downtown growth; Why’s it hard to shop locally?; Mickey Mouse is out; Slower speeds safer, but practical?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where’s the money?
It’s a start for South Cap, MoCo BRT; ICC has made Maryland “road-poor”; Supermarket tax credit is fishy; McKay “likely” off WMATA Board for Dyke; Alternative waterfront plan untenable; Where are the trees still bright?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put it in the burbs
FBI should head for suburban pastures; Maintain streetcars at NVCC; Cafritz project still in fierce debate; Crimefighting tool or privacy invasion?; What Washington could have been; Make way, NBA players and owners, for WMATA; Dial 522-3333, pay more; Getting off the hill and into the mayor’s office. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Relentless pursuit
6 stores, 1800 jobs, no CBA; Town makes land grab; Get baked or eat fried; DC likely to stay occupied; Bike share ads: Is there really a free lunch?; DC preserves Chinablock/town; Maryland businesses want transportation; Washingtonians are footloose; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do your civic duty
VA party control in the balance today; Senate transpo bill has good and bad; Homeless Orleans on the ballot; Occupiers protest MPD; From food court to grand court?; Dutch kids get drivers’/cyclists’/peds’ ed.; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumper weekend
Driver strikes 3 protestors… intentionally?; WMATA wants to break radio silence; Borrowing is the new stealing?; Attend a town hall by hashtag; Gentrification, or more diversity?; DC Democrats become less democratic; RI Ave ped/bike bridge moving forward; And…. Keep reading…
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H Street works to balance old and new development
This past weekend, a tour led by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and Councilmember Tommy Wells offered a chance to see and hear how H Street NE is coping with its new status as an up-and-coming hotspot. H Street would not become another Adams Morgan, Wells made abundantly clear. Instead, the city and the neighborhood are putting a framework into place to foster a diverse cultural,… Keep reading…
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CSX begins Virginia Avenue Tunnel evaluation process
Replacing and expanding CSX’s Virginia Avenue tunnel in southeast Capitol Hill will be no easy task and is likely to cause more than a few headaches for local residents. Last night, CSX and DDOT kicked off the formal public involvement process, asking attendees for comments, concerns and potential alternatives. The project scope is virtually unchanged since… Keep reading…
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Cyclists, officials inspect dangerous Rosslyn intersection
A scrum of people in bike helmets and safety vests gathered at Gateway Park in Rosslyn yesterday evening to scrutinize the dangerous intersection where the Custis Trail crosses Lee Highway and North Lynn Street. This intersection has has been a dangerous one for many years. Unfortunately, it will not see engineering improvements until 2013 or 2014 at the earliest. The bike/ped… Keep reading…