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DDOT Doesn’t Particularly Care for the Campus Plan Either

Last Friday, GM wrote about the stunning report from the Office of Planning calling for GU to house 100% of its undergrads by the fall of 2016. Buried in that news was that DDOT also chimed in on the campus … Continue reading

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Canal mule by Brownpau. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Both the Office of Planning and DDOT came out in opposition to GU’s campus plan yesterday (well, technically OP supported it, but with conditions that GU will likely find incredibly … Continue reading

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Photo by m-a-e. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Developer Jair Lynch says “people in Congress Heights spend about $25/week on groceries while in Georgetown people spend $125/week.” That’s about twice GM’s bill (for two people). How about you? Biker … Continue reading

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Where the Circulator Goes Now

So, we can all basically agree that DDOT rolled out the Circulator in a pretty ham-handed fashion. Despite the fact that the takeover of the Blue Bus was well known to be coming, there was no official word coming from … Continue reading

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ANC Preview: No Left Turn, Yet Edition

Next Monday the ANC will meet for their July session. It will be their last meeting until September, so this is the last call for project approval for two months. Despite the looming summer break, this month’s agenda is not … Continue reading

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Photo by Dymedia. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The Georgetown Current reported yesterday that despite an expert report (that was paid for by DDOT and vetted by the community) that recommended a Barnes Dance for Wisconsin and M St., … Continue reading

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May Georgetown Have This Barnes Dance?

Photo by Gold41. It was reported last week that DDOT is planning on bringing the Barnes Dance to Chinatown, specifically the intersection of 7th and H. A Barnes Dance (or all pedestrian phase) is a system whereby a certain portion of the … Continue reading

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MPD No Longer Issuing No Parking Signs

We’ve all seen them. Some of us have put them up ourselves. They’re Emergency No Parking signs, and they’re a fact of life in neighborhoods like Georgetown. They ordinarily evoke a bit of frustration, and sometimes a whole lot, but … Continue reading

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Why Not: Build More Bike Lanes?

Photo by Elly Blue. As part of an occasional series, GM asks “Why Not?“. Today he asks: why not build some bike lanes in Georgetown? For those not familiar with them, bike lanes are special lanes painted on roads the designate a … Continue reading

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North Face by Jason Pier. Good morning Georgetown and happy Veterans Day, here’s the latest: As announced at last week’s ANC meeting, stop signs have replaced the traffic lights on P at 28th and 30th. Speaking of transportation, DDOT exploring … Continue reading

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