@Lib_Development I just wish DC would change zoning laws and let builders build in places like Cleveland park and Woolley park the same way DC let navy yard and noma grow
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It is kind of crazy how much growth is happening around the new silver line extensions. This continues the trend.
It's a super awkward development style; these developments spread too far to walk but not far enough for a real bus route. Perhaps they need to get bikeshares...
TODNewsHub@TODNewsHub
Reston is about to get a SECOND downtown 👀🔥 A massive proposal near Reston Town Center Metro would replace aging office parks + parking lots with: 🏠 1,600 units 🏢 1.48 MILLION SF of office 🛍️ 31k sf of retail 🚇 Direct Metro access 🌳 5 acres of open space #Reston #VA #NoVA
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@arlvabikelanes Yes they close it at around 2:30am on weekends and 1:30am during the week
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Metro closes the walkways at night, so it becomes an issue if you have a single walkway bridging two dense areas like this
TODNewsHub@TODNewsHub
Reston is about to get a SECOND downtown 👀🔥 A massive proposal near Reston Town Center Metro would replace aging office parks + parking lots with: 🏠 1,600 units 🏢 1.48 MILLION SF of office 🛍️ 31k sf of retail 🚇 Direct Metro access 🌳 5 acres of open space #Reston #VA #NoVA
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I subsidize the capital beltway as a Virginia Taxpayer and I never take that god forsaken road so maybe we should tear it down.
Do you see how stupid you sound?
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
In Washington D.C., taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable. @DominicJPino explains why. 🔗 Read more: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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@RailTransitOPS Can I ask What are you taking out loans for? None of the information you find you have to pay for right?
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@MetrorailSafety No an ETS are located on the railroad outside of the train and they deenergize the tracks….
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@singletary @SpencerSays I hate seeing products behind glass too because it’s extremely inconvenient but what do you expect them to do in response to people stealing?
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@SpencerSays CVS must be running some sort of insurance scam where they actually make more money when people don't buy stuff from them because they just keep giving me reasons to never shop there again.
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Northwest DC CVS puts candy behind lock and key in an effort to reduce theft wusa9.com/article/news/c…
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@edwarddistel @eaconner It needs to shut down at night so maintenance can be done, ridership would be extremely low at night if it was 24/7
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@eaconner DC metro shuts down at night for up to 6 hours so let's hold off on handing out awards. Also, Washington DC is really two cities: Washington and DC. The Washington half is very different from the DC half and the Metro mainly serves the needs of the former.
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I am frankly envious of how well mass transit works in the Washington, D.C. metro.
Not only has WMATA increased its ridership by running more trains, but WMATA and other transit authorities like the MTA are investing in new rail lines.
If only PATH and NJT could do the same...
Tim Sloan@TimSloanDC
The new Spring St bridge sub structure is now complete, the @PurpleLineMD rail bed is in the final grading (C) phase and the 16th street station (R) has its canopies. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC
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@T3Bates @AshleySchapitl A mode of transportation is a very functional purpose….
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@AshleySchapitl DC shouldn’t be asking for these vehicles in our streets at all. They serve no functional purpose.
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Embarrassing for D.C. that we’re not on this list. Are we a dynamic and growth oriented city or not?
News from Google@NewsFromGoogle
🔟! Today @Waymo is launching public service in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, bringing the total number of commercial cities to 10. In these four new markets, select riders will receive an invitation to take their first local rides.
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@PanasonicDX4500 The water argument with data centers make no sense. It’s a closed loop system and they reuse the same water
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the best I've ever seen is that building one gives a local construction company a couple months of work and maybe four or five jobs get created when it's complete. and then your water/electric bills skyrocket and your local government gets permanently beholden to whoever owns it.
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has anyone, even the ardent AI defenders, given an example of how building a data center actually benefits a community? because as far as I know the offer is that your utility bills will go up in exchange for maybe someday making it easier for your boss to downsize your job.
PoIiMath@politicalmath
Is killing data centers a new left-wing cause? Seems like a weird and pointless movement with no obvious benefits to any specific left wing constituency. What am I missing?
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@badapunny @bumbadum14 I have never heard of someone being lit on fire or being pushed on the tracks? Wym “uh wrong”
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@bumbadum14 uh wrong
i hear -the metro- is on fire many many times, actually, even before covid
and some lines are very much not clean
plus it's a shitshow on certain lines (I have stories)
but those certain lines lack uniformed guardsmen patrolling, to your point
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Interesting how DC metro is clean and you don’t hear stories of people being lit on fire and pushed into train tracks.
Almost like there is a presence of uniformed guardsmen patrolling them…
Jimmy King@Jimmyking35
And the stations look cool????
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@Idiocracy3587 @GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata You’re literally proving my point, that’s like asking why my tax dollars should go towards plowing i64 when I don’t give near Richmond or i64 at all. There is no i64 anywhere else in VA…
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@ssethers @GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata is there a METRO anywhere else? otherwise it's not like that.
the lefty kook senator from Fairfax plainly said "it's to keep the people's republic of fairfax from not having to pay even higher taxes"
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@Mortimer2025 @GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata Sooooo northern VA subsidies the rest of VA and a good portion of taxes go towards maintenance on highways in southern VA that a person in northern VA may never drive on. Horrible argument.
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@GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata Not at the expense of every taxpayer in Virginia. We don't ride it, we shouldn't pay for it.
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@Idiocracy3587 @GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata That’s like saying people in northern VA’s state income taxes shouldn’t go towards i64 since they don’t live near Richmond
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@GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata translation:
"all those tax increases on everyone in the state - those are so the NoVA people don't have to pay any more. you are paying for the increased cost of the METRO. congrats"
People in Grundy, "WTF????"
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@Justdontcare757 @GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata That’s like asking why your taxes go towards I64 maintenance if you live no where near there and you never use it.
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@GovernorVA @wmataGM @wmata Why should I have to pay for something that is nowhere near where I live that I will never ever use?
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@esperantorising @DavidLiskov @shreyabasu003 You clearly haven’t left your house in years and you’re not even in the US anyways 🤣🤣
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Margin Call is vastly superior to the Big Short.
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Man, Trendon Watford is a really good basketball player in a unique body type.....Guys his size aren't supposed to be able to handle and pass like that
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@chenderson @wmata @NationalsPark It takes 2 seconds to check that the escalator is closed…. You could also walk to waterfront
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Dear @wmata your decision to close one of the entrances to the Navy Yard-Ballpark station, when @NationalsPark had 3 sold out events the following week was a choice.
Add that to the regular 7 minute headways for the train….staff is managing as best they can but this is a mess.
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@FinanceLancelot Check that data again, those numbers fooled me too after I saw they were fake @FinanceLancelot
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BREAKING: Capital One $COF reports 2Q Total Deposits of $27.88B, est $447.62B
Net Loss of $4.3 Billion or -$8.58 per share.
Financelot@FinanceLancelot
Fun Fact: Did you know as of March 2020, the Federal Reserve reduced the reserve requirement for depository institutions in the U.S. to 0%. This means that banks, credit unions & other depository institutions are not required to hold any reserves against their customer deposits.
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