Posts tagged Orlando
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National links: Sidewalks — your cracks are showing
The high cost of bad sidewalks. Wall Street wants to invest in rail service. Miami looks to update its zoning codes, and more in this week’s National links. Keep reading…
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Today
In the last 72 hours, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Minneapolis a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, and then a sniper killed five police officers in Dallas. These tragic deaths, on the heels of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando last month, have left us reeling. At its core, Greater Greater Washington is about… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get around the shutdown
SafeTrack shutdown starts; Get around the shutdown; Deal or no deal?; McMillan development roadblock; Greater without the Olympics; Affordable housing for Rosslyn; Only in Chevy Chase; Think you’re wealthy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Washington ranks #2 in walkable urbanism; Maryland and Virginia outshine other cities’ suburbs
The Washington region is second in the nation in having housing and jobs in walkable places, a new report says. A real stand-out for our region, compared to other similar cities, are the walkable places even outside the center city like Silver Spring and Reston. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go at Metro
Faster Metro development; Sarles to 2016?; Transportation bill constitutional?; I’d hammer out a new waterfront plan; No victory for three feet; Watch out for expensive cars; People actually fed; A new standard; So close, yet so far; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power to the people
Vote on transportation financing; Really secret shoppers; Want to read a bad editorial?; The strain of sprawl; Private rail in Florida?; Better systems need more time; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend video: The bike bus
A group of high school students in Orlando started riding to school in a big caravan, making the ride to school fun, healthy and sustainable. Keep reading…