This is so dumb also because how are you defining "suburb" vs "city"? There are plenty of places in DC that feel like "suburbs" but are in the city (much of NW for example) but there are also plenty of places in Arlington (officially "the suburbs") that are extremely dense and feel urban

Or maybe we just spent 50 years designing all our urban spaces to push people out to the suburbs (like demolishing city neighborhoods in favor of highways to get suburbanites to their downtown jobs) and so people are just following the incentives that planners put there for them

If DDOT doesn't change its course, this same pattern is happening 30 times over on 18th Street in January

It takes so much work and so many years to get new bike and ped infrastructure, with countless public meetings, comment periods, and ANC approvals, but getting more parking can be done in 4 days with no discussion at all

I would believe the Purple Patch space is that big -- roughly 120 feet by 10 feet.

There are also fees for barriers that you'd have to rent from the city on top of the actual streatery fee (and the one time fees for designs and permits)

The question is not "should restaurants get this space for free". The question is "what kind of neighborhood do we want to build, and how do we set the costs and incentives to get there?"

The city is charging rent, the question is how much. Restaurants say it should be $5 per square foot (the cost for sidewalk cafes). The city has settled on the arbitrary amount of $20 per square foot, even though these are functionally exactly the same as sidewalk cafes.

DC of all places knows a promise for a future vote is worthless. Disappointed that you are OK with this very bad bill

It's ridiculous that the city doesn't see the value of outdoor dining to the community.

DDOT is making the regulations so burdensome that 90% of streateries will close, and even worse, the only thing the city wants to see there is more parking spaces

They're also similar in a wins-above-replacement sense. You could absolutely be more progressive and still win in AZ or PA. Probably not in WV though

Control of the entire US House came down to under 7,500 votes, total, across three districts

I don't doubt for a second that Bowser would happily agree to this if it meant keeping the project moving along

It's also part of a broader pattern where due to weird and almost random quirks, some people can run for higher office without risking their current job and others cannot. Sorry wards 1, 3, 5, and 6, you are much less likely to have one of your councilmembers become mayor!

Is there a way to get the board of elections to preemptively issue a ruling on this? Do we have to wait for it to happen and then someone would sue? McDuffie doesn't have the best record when it comes to understanding DC election requirements

No need to write a new melody -- it fits perfectly to martin price singing "hark to the tale of Nelson" in Lemon Of Troy

the people love trains

would be a little more convincing if he said he wasn't going to switch parties in the future, but he obviously wants to keep the door open for a ridiculous scheme like this.

manhattan sure didn't look empty at the No Kings rally last week