Posts tagged Open Government
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Events: Your 2045 vision, open government, POW! WOW! mural fest, and more
Your vision for 2045, a chance to meet the Maryland candidates, POW! WOW! mural festival, a bike tour of RFK stadium, and more in events this week. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A dream of affordable housing
Hard road to affordability; City prices outpace outside; More jobs for the ‘burbs; Green light for practice facility; More transparency, please; Transit center’s birthday wishes; Designs to beat the heat; Bikes on the hill. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget bliss and big boulevards
Budget autonomy for the District; Wide plans for Rockville Pike; Bye bye Bi-County Parkway; Lyft discrimination; DCRA’s document drag; Metro-free nuclear zone; Proximity is key; Federally walk-blocked; What’s in a name?; And…. Keep reading…
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An interactive map will help make Fairfax more bike-friendly
Fairfax County wants to know how people bike to the county’s transit stations. A new crowdsourced map lets cyclists tell them. Keep reading…
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The public has a right to know what’s going on with the streetcar
Earlier this month, DDOT’s director suggested that the streetcar might have too many problems to ever start revenue service. But even after months of delays and several missed opening dates, the public still doesn’t know what the actual problems are. We deserve to know. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Primary results
Brown wins primary; Incumbents win in MoCo; Silver Line solves your problems; “Yoga tax” survives; Some soccer land is extra pricey; Taxis vs. ridesharing; Comment without leaving the house; Pay for parking by phone; Can’t sell on-street parking; Bikes on the rails; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How Virginia moves
Vihstadt goes after streetcars; Virgina dropping E-ZPass fees; Ethics reform loophole; Maybe not so good; 500 families in 100 days; Young people don’t go suburban; “People are healthier…”; The EU limits bags; And…. Keep reading…
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How can education data help you?
Is there data about education in DC that you’d like to have? Let us know before this weekend’s hackathon, when data enthusiasts and experts will gather to analyze it. Almost a year ago, Greater Greater Education kicked off with a post about how open data can help families with confusing school choices. Since then, several DC education agencies have released data… Keep reading…
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Want more open government? Make data more open
Though many citizens understand the basic political process, it is often difficult to figure out how specific political decisions are made. Open data can make it easier to participate in local government simply by providing information. Open data gives citizens access to information that can be used to improve government services and provide greater transparency. The underlying… Keep reading…
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Social media kills bad policy against photographing permits
DC permit officials wouldn’t let people take photos of building applications. Instead, people had to wait several days and pay to have copies made. But after several people including staff for Councilmember David Grosso reached out to officials through Twitter, this policy is no more. In May, I learned that the owners of a house across the street in Trinidad were going… Keep reading…