Look to be charged five cents for every disposable paper or plastic carryout bag beginning January 1, 2010 in Washington, D.C.’s grocery and other retail stores. The resulting revenue will help pay for a new Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Fund. Administered by the District’s Department of the Environment, the fund will use proceeds to [...]
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The Infrastructurist takes a look at four cases where freeways have been torn down and made into parks and/or boulevards, making the argument that such actions can actually improve the traffic congestion problem rather than worsen it: Though our transportation planners still operate from the orthodoxy that the best way to untangle traffic is to [...]
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The Chicago Tribune takes a look at the city’s new Riverwalk along the Chicago River. A series of parks, walkways and plazas that give continuous access to a river that slithers through forest of skyscrapers, these places are giving the city an entirely different feel. The article gives a good overview of the track the [...]
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As we enter the Independence Day weekend, we will see streams of Americans enter their city parks to see this: And eat these: And listen to this: Over a half million people regularly attend fireworks on the National Mall and city parks across the country will see people attending music festivals, parades, picnics and other [...]
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