Posts tagged Urban Stereotypes
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Breakfast links: Snowmagaindon
Another winter storm is here; Just don’t call it “Silicon _____”; But the Post won’t be a part; Re-timing DC’s traffic lights; How can we get to “Vision Zero”?; The many causes of crime; De Blasio pushes for affordable housing; Fewer urban highways?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Wintry mixed uses
Clear your sidewalks; Stop discriminating against mixed-use; Gingrich sneers at urban living; Red bikes and pink blooms on the Mall?; Union Square still recordable; DC won’t limit your photography; The FederalExpressway?; Book Exchange project approved; Reforming food truck rules; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neighborhoods change, or not
Georgetown retail changing; Progress and dysfunction in ANC 5B; Not my Ward 8; Georgia Ave won’t get funding; Urbanism for students; Council donations may be illegal; Post closing local bureaus; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Overtime, over budget, overdrive
Metro workers pulling long hours; Silver Line funding still in question; AAA still fighting for speeders; Program matches parents for carpools; What’s “just right” for porch height; MLK Memorial will open to all; Arlington marks scandal and intrigue; Satire map plots stereotypes; Could an overlay stop more churches on RI Ave?; And…. Keep reading…
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Can pop culture push sustainable mobility?
Popular culture shapes our lives in countless ways, both directly and subconsciously. Since Leave It to Beaver, American popular culture has been deeply rooted in car-centered suburbia. That paradigm may be shifting. There was a time when being carless was tantamount to wearing head gear: totally uncool. Truth be told, that time is still now in many places,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fighting transit, paying for roads
Streetcars on the TV; thecranks@dcwatch; Barnes Dance barn dance; Community, students won’t stop UMD anti-transit stance; Virginia can’t afford new freeways; Tysons “piecemeal” street grid?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good luck getting there
Help Zipcar, make a few bucks; One more on Red, Orange; What happens in a storm; Privatization is magic!; Cities, ewwww(ing); Just 1 foot left for 3-foot passing; Walkable, photographable New York. Keep reading…
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The worst mainstream local articles of 2009
Yesterday, I highlighted reporters from the mainstream media who did a particularly good job of educating the public on urban issues in 2009. Most of the time, the mainstream press either provides good coverage of local issues, or fills the rest of the space with fairly bland stuff that repeats press releases or each other’s articles. But every so often there is a real… Keep reading…
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Suburban stereotypes pollute Post, WBJ reporting
Journalists writing “news” stories strive to make their articles impartial, but hidden biases about suburbs, cities, traffic and transportation often creep in. The Washington Business Journal, for example, reported on the Eastern Market Metro Plaza proposals, and explained the options in a straightforward manner. Yet the first sentence reads, “In case… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Attention deficit
MATD?; Unsafety in College Park; Fairfax County City?; Metro bits; Council clippings; Cities growing, but anti-city assumptions still exist in reporters’ heads. Keep reading…