Posts tagged Allen Lew
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Breakfast links: By bike or by boat
Ferry to work; Bikeshare and baseball; Costco gas station under fire again; Can Reeves boost Anacostia?; Turn off black boxes in cars?; Dead ball for soccer stadium?; Cyclists like protected bike lanes; How much for the White House?; Electric buses powered through pavement; And…. Keep reading…
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What role will the private sector play in the streetcar?
City officials and business representatives haven’t yet reached consensus on whether to create a separate authority for the DC Streetcar, or how much the private sector should chip in to build it. At a meeting yesterday of the Mayor’s DC Streetcar Finance and Governance Taskforce, members talked about whether to create an independent authority to manage the streetcar. Keep reading…
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Painting “Gray” over “Fenty” on signs now official priority
When Mayor Gray took office, we suggested he ask agency directors not to spend precious funds replacing all mentions of previous mayors with his own name on signs. DC Water instead made a video showing them changing their own sign. Now, an anonymous yet fiscally responsible source shared an administration email asking agencies to make it “a priority” to replace… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thinking about tomorrow
Avoid a DC shutdown; Why not Walmart; Burke wants calmer parkway; Express buses begin on ICC; College Park considering CaBi; Complaints do not equal failure; Biddle challenges opponents’ candidacies; Gray calls for deeper SUV investigation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shiny new things
Developments at Dunbar; Screens lighting up with data; Is BRAC a priority for McDonnell?; How Moscow handles its escalators; Post: Keep up Klein’s work; Wells talks bikes; Bad privatization hits New Jersey; More on the federal transit benefit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The word from the top
Baker has the right priorities; Good news in Gray personnel; Gabe not so radical?; On tenterhooks over committee assignments; Harassment on the metro; Bay cleanup could prevent smart growth; Affordable housing and 2 projects; More pedestrians hit in PG; New signage at Federal Triangle?; And…. Keep reading…