Posts tagged Universities
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Breakfast links: Make taxicabs great again
Overhaul of the taxicab overhaul; Apartments are shrinking; New proposal for paid leave; Adjacent states worlds apart in business; TOPA-turvy in Chinatown; Elevator downer; The cool down begins; Peds on the Seine; London’s housing solution. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The worst bus stop in America?
This bus stop is awful; A new home for Metro?; Now you can connect; Passengers prevail over cargo; Mega-wide Pike; Road revisions; More TOD for Reston; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dedicated Metro funding?
Dedicated funding now; No Metro sales tax; A cause for celebration?; Respect the bus driver; Architecture and aging; Build at Braddock?; Mixed-use to retail; The benefit of city colleges; More wealthy babies; Driver’s ed for everyone; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New homes and homeless
Housing vs plaza; Maker space and more; Homeless in Georgetown; Metro passes for students; Click for paratransit?; Purple Line details; Rail not welcome; Where Williams works; Crime down; Raiding the wrong house. Keep reading…
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Town and gown clash over development in Takoma Park
Montgomery County’s rapidly-growing community college, Montgomery College, wants to expand its northern Takoma Park campus. A number of Takoma Park residents don’t like the idea, and are pushing for the college to expand in nearby Silver Spring instead. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In with the new
Old space, new use; Defining historic; America’s 10 best new bike lanes; A greater College Park; Land swap shifts shelter; Buying charm in Bethesda; Dupont Circle’s fountain; Final ride; Hold the doors. Keep reading…
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What other college towns can teach us about College Park’s challenges
Our contributors recently discussed why College Park, Maryland doesn’t have the same “college town” feel as the places around similar flagship universities in states like Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, or California. But College Park isn’t the only place struggling with these issues. What can we learn from other college towns around… Keep reading…
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Why isn’t College Park a better college town?
Many major state universities have “college town” areas right near them, with walkable neighborhoods that serve the student population. Charlottesville, Virginia; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Berkeley and LA’s Westwood, California are a few well-known examples. College Park, by contrast, doesn’t have this feel. Why is… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Car freedom
No car Capitol?; Marylanders worry about VMT tax; Take VRE to the fireworks; Next train in how long?!?; How to make the W&OD safer?; Gas station sculpture planned for Anacostia; Marion Barry in his own words; Lean urbanism could revive cities faster; Light rail connects Twin Cities; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who needs a license?
Taxis vs. the future; License to tour; Not too high; Get ready to bike to work; No place to park; Bus flips; From students to Shakespeare; Solar pavement; And…. Keep reading…