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How Much Would You Be Willing to Pay for Safer Streets?
Last month, GM proposed the creation of a Georgetown Citizens’ Improvement District. The basic idea is to take the Business Improvement District model and apply it to residents, not just businesses.
This would entail creating some sort of a special taxing district for Georgetown. The funds would be set aside to be spent by an elected board on projects and items strictly in Georgetown. The list of things that this money could be spent on is endless, but GM speculates that the consensus first candidate for funds would be an increase in reimbursable details from MPD.
A reimbursable detail is an MPD police officer who works overtime and is paid from a private source. Both CAG and the BID support reimbursable details in Georgetown already. However, the officers are primarily focused on the main corridors, not the back streets. A Citizens’ Improvement District could pay for more of a police presence in the residential parts of Georgetown. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
House of Sweden by Richard Lehoux.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Oprah allegedly once threw a fit in L’Enfant Gallerie.
- Georgetown-based tie designer designed the official Kentucky Derby tie.
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Safeway Definite Article Fail
Photo via Carol Joynt.
GM noticed from Carol Joynt’s photos inside the new Safeway the above message written in large letters across the store’s walls.
Note to Safeway, acceptable ways to say what you’re trying to say:
- Serving DC Since 1928
- Serving Washington Since 1928
- Serving The District of Columbia Since 1928
You’re not open yet, so you’ve still got time to fix it…
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The Morning Metropolitan
Healy Hall by laviddichterman.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- GU student attacked in dorm room.
- Jackson Art Studios open studios coming up again.
- A little more detail on the water taxi.
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Why Not: Shut Down M St. on Weekends?
Traffic Jam on M St. by M.V. Jantzen.
Today for his occasional “Why Not” series, GM turns to the ugliness that is M St. on a summer weekend. So he asks: Why not shut down M St.?
It’s an idea GM thinks about every time he sees gridlock on M St. There is a concept called a traffic tipping point. At the center of this concept is the observation that once the numbers of travelers passes a certain threshold, the entire system seizes up. Thus, a very small increase in the number of cars on an already crowded road can result in huge delays due to congestion. (The opposite has also been observed: a small reduction in vehicles on a gridlocked road can result in significant reductions in delays).
Once it’s warm, on every Saturday by about 2:00 PM, a traffic tipping point is passed on M St. Traffic comes to a standstill. It can take 20 minutes, if not longer, to get from one end of Georgetown to the other.
There has got to be a better way. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
C & O Canal by Brownpau.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- …Till the one day when the lady met this Councilmember, and they knew that it was much more than a hunch…
- The pedestrian struck by a driver at M and Wisconsin on March 30th died from his injuries.
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