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Time to dump some tabs that I’ve accumulated in the browser over the past few weeks:

You can never go down the drain:

This week’s City Paper cover story is a short piece on DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility (arrange your own tour here!). The accompanying photographs show the infrastructural landscape in all of

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Where the water comes from

Back in March, the New York Times featured DC WASA’s (now DC Water) new director, George Hawkins, talking about the challenges of dealing with aging water and sewer infrastructure in American cities. The piece lays out the challenges facing most American cities, currently resting on our laurels of the investments from previous generations:

For decades, these

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I Like Bike | Observer 2013/05/23
Get on it, NYC.
‘Ode to Bike Sharing’ - NYTimes.com 2013/05/23
graphing parking « accessible parking wonkery 2013/05/22
Some rather frightening infographics on how much space we require for parking through our zoning codes.
The business of bike sharing - The Washington Post 2013/05/20
I'm not sure why people focus on commuting via Bikeshare. The major benefit to bikeshare is one-way trips, adding another layer to the other transit modes.
San Francisco upzone: Vulcan logic. 2013/05/20
Star Trek and NIMBYism.
PATH/Fail: The Story of the World’s Most Expensive Train Station | Observer 2013/05/16
Infrastructure investment goes off the rails.
Check Out the View From the Top of the Washington Monument: DCist 2013/05/15
helmet cams for ironworkers...
Development above the new Fairfax Metro stations: Should preparation begin now? 2013/05/14
Air rights - not a bad idea. However, the depiction here just seems like another suburban pod, isolated from the rest of the land next to the toll road ROW.
Chupacabra Becomes Latest Taco Trucks to Open Restaurant - Young & Hungry 2013/05/13
A nice list of DC-area food trucks that have translated the concept into a brick-and-mortar restaurant. The truck allows for proof of concept, and lower barriers to entry than otherwise required to start a storefront business from scratch.
Red Transit Lanes on Church Have Made Muni Faster and More Reliable | Streetsblog San Francisco 2013/05/13
Lessons for any city planning a streetcar line...

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RT @sharrowsDC: If the Old Post Office were on fire, would we need permission from the CFA to put it out? #stoputurnsonpenn #bikedc - 1 day ago
@hgil @tbridge @IMGoph #agenda21 !!! - 1 day ago
RT @CarterRubin: In America, we let you build parking, and if there's room left over, you can build some housing, retail and offices. http:… - 2 days ago
@IMGoph @JDLand @summersgill indeed. But trans. fluid makes for interesting photos: farm4.staticflickr.com/3050/253412713… - 2 days ago
@beyonddc @MarkLeeDC Is it _the_ reason? Probably not. But it's most certainly a big part of the story. - 2 days ago
@kristoncapps @MarketUrbanism well, the DC one actually has a roof! But the Denver structure does look interesting. - 2 days ago
@kristoncapps @MarketUrbanism Aside from the parking, large cost for DC is in rebuilding yard and platforms and air rights while trains stay - 2 days ago
@kristoncapps @MarketUrbanism There's a huge difference in the scope for transit, as well. Right now, Denver has few trains at all. - 2 days ago
RT @YuriArtibise: Development costs and #housing #affordability bit.ly/12WdjkU via @alex_block #vancouver #yvrre - 2 days ago
Watch out, @sharrowsDC: public.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2poK64oP7cmA-… - 3 days ago

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