Posts tagged Columbus Circle
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Breakfast links: NPS prepares to close Columbus Circle encampment site by early May
NPS plans to close the Columbus Circle encampment site. Montgomery County is trapping trash before it pollutes the Anacostia River. Median price for a single-family home in DC reaches $1.3 million Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stuck on safety
Tri-state take two; Fairfax on SafeTrack; Uber ups its carpooling; DC’s congressional overlords; Big bucks to best MD traffic; Housing buzz words in DC; 2-bedroom rent is too damn high; Popular vote for park preservation; A grade for landlords. Keep reading…
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Union Station expansion plans will help train riders, cyclists, and many more
Union Station and the surrounding area is in line for a huge renovation. Amtrak just announced a design to add new space to wait for trains. Other changes in the works could extend the Metropolitan Branch Trail and make Columbus Circle more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. Keep reading…
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“Bulb-outs” could make crossing the street safer at key trouble spots
People on foot could get a little more space at the corners of 14th and U NW, Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue NE, and M and Wisconsin in Georgetown. Those are a few of the concepts in a new analysis of how to make DC’s most dangerous intersections safer. Keep reading…
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What if we developed the space in front of Union Station?
Columbus Circle, which sits in front of Union Station, is one of DC’s most-traversed public spaces. It’s up against some unique challenges to development because it’s so close to the Capitol grounds, but with the right plan Columbus Circle could be DC’s next great neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Protected bike lanes could fit in DC’s traffic circles; here’s how
London is adding protected bike lanes to one of its traffic circles. Could the same design work in DC? Would we want it to? Keep reading…
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Police vehicles may damage brand-new Union Station plaza
A project is almost complete to reconstruct the plaza in front of Union station. Unfortunately, Amtrak police continue to pull their cars up on the curb and park in the pedestrian areas. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unifying Union Station
Streetcar will open mid-2013; Columbus Plaza getting fixed, finally; Tweet for DC voting rights; Nowhere to put a bike at MLK; Brown would consider tax hike; Alexander faces more challengers; Is photography a constitutional right?; And…. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Union Station
Oh, how cute: people once played baseball across from Union Station. The U.S. Senate long ago took over this public space for storage of their personal vehicles. Via DC Metrocentric. Top: Union Station and Columbus Circle, 1925. Photo from the National Photo Company Collection. Bottom: Union Station today as seen in Google Earth. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: New developments on old issues edition
Union Station in the Post: Raw Fisher reports that Union Station’s movie theater will close, rumors of which we discussed in July. And Dr. Gridlock posts a letter wondering why pedestrians aren’t hit more often in Columbus Circle; Gridlock mentions the circle’s planned redesign. Keep reading…