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gr8 research by
@pewtrusts.org
(
@alexhrwtz.bsky.social
+ Seva Rodnyansky), Bethel Cole-Smith + Daniel Muhammad,
@evan-mast.bsky.social
, Limin Fang + Emi Kim +
@justintyndall.bsky.social
Building housing ⬇️housing costs 4 people across the income spectrum (ty
@tinysnekcomics.bsky.social
4 the comic)
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Actual research and reporting from
@peterodrigue.bsky.social
, and a rant from me, about the likely end of the District's streateries, which is closely related to the fact that it is basically impossible to close a street to cars here:
ggwash.org/view/101524/...
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Adams Morgan’s streateries are overwhelmingly popular. Forthcoming requirements put them and others at risk of vanishing
Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, about to dismantle, are overwhelmingly popular. Alex ruminates on the connecti...
https://ggwash.org/view/101524/adams-morgans-streateries-are-overwhelmingly-popular-even-though-forthcoming-requirements-put-them-and-others-at-risk-of-vanishing
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The District Department of Transportation has released concepts for the Columbia Heights crosstown bus priority project. Riders and residents should weigh in before December 5.
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Comments now open on DDOT’s Columbia Heights crosstown bus priority project
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https://ggwash.org/view/101362/comments-now-open-on-ddots-columbia-heights-crosstown-bus-priority-project
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, Nora Brown (planning student at VaTech), my mom (landscape architect), and I imagined what Lanier Heights could look like in the future. Thanks to
@imagineterrain.bsky.social
&
@dchistorycenter.bsky.social
for sharing some neat neighborhood history.
ggwash.org/view/100140/...
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How Lanier Heights could glow up
With a little imagination and ambition, we can build a greener, safer, and more welcoming Lanier Heights.
https://ggwash.org/view/100140/how-lanier-heights-could-glow-up
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Deep dive on the history of my neighborhood, the choices some (predominantly wealthier) residents made to curtail new housing construction, and the way those choices have shaped Northwest DC. (Ty
@imagineterrain.bsky.social
for adding addt'l local history)
ggwash.org/view/99768/h...
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How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights
While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn’t grown.
https://ggwash.org/view/99768/how-in-2016-we-got-less-of-lanier-heights
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While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn't grown.
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How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights
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https://ggwash.org/view/99768/how-in-2016-we-got-less-of-lanier-heights
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Adams Morgan was great. Thanks to new bus and bike lanes, it's even greater.
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Per early data, Columbia Road bus priority project slaps
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https://ggwash.org/view/99738/per-early-data-columbia-road-bus-priority-project-slaps
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Matthew Bradfield
8 months ago
Columbia Rd Bikeshare stations seeing a 49% increase in ridership compared to they system's overall 35% increase is so validating. Columbia used to be so sketchy but the new bike lanes are a game changer for cross-town trips and heavy usage reflects this.
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Jourdie stopped me on the street while i was doing a little transportation survey and several months later we cowrote this
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