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I read the news today, oh boy — newsletter editor @bgov/@blaw, previously @citylab — once upon a time, I sold Civil War relics.
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Are D.C.'s Streets Finally Getting Safer?

Are D.C.'s Streets Finally Getting Safer?

CityLab — Last year in Washington, D.C., a pair of city council members grilled the head of the city's department of transportation on the status of bike and pedestrian projects in the District. It had been three years since the city had committed to following the traffic-calming principles outlined in Vision Zero, the international movement to reduce the injury toll associated with cars and trucks in cities.
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A Little Paint Can Change a Community's Relationship to Its Streets

A Little Paint Can Change a Community's Relationship to Its Streets

CityLab — If you're frustrated with the slow speed of efforts to make streets safer, perhaps you should grab a paint brush. During New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, the city reclaimed 180 acres of road space, creating 60 park plazas in large part by rerouting traffic and simply painting the surface of the road.
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What Are D.C.'s Bike-Share Competitors Trying to Disrupt?

What Are D.C.'s Bike-Share Competitors Trying to Disrupt?

CityLab — Three private bike-share companies are determined to shake up the streets of D.C. But what, exactly, are they trying to disrupt? Dwight Eisenhower once said, "I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." The same might be said for bike share.
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In York, Pennsylvania, There's an Art to Economic Development

In York, Pennsylvania, There's an Art to Economic Development

CityLab — The small city of York, Pennsylvania, bet big on artists to boost economic development. It's starting to pay off. In 2009, Alex Dwyer was 19, two years out of high school and stuck in York, Pennsylvania. Like many of her cohort idling in the wake of the Great Recession, she was stuck in her hometown, waiting for anything to happen.
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Abraham Lincoln's Wild Poetic Romp

Abraham Lincoln's Wild Poetic Romp

The Atlantic — In 1925, when The Atlantic first published " The Bear Hunt," the editor's preface remarked that Abraham Lincoln "neither wrote, nor attempted to write, much verse." But what he did write ain't half bad! There's a reason why American poet Carl Sandburg took up Honest Abe as a muse.
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When King And Johnson Joined Forces To Fight The War On Poverty

When King And Johnson Joined Forces To Fight The War On Poverty

NPR — When President Lyndon B. Johnson met at the White House with the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 18, 1964, the two men were near the peak of their powers and the country was in a maelstrom.
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What It Was Like Growing Up at Gettysburg

What It Was Like Growing Up at Gettysburg

Time Magazine — My family's antique shop by the historic battlefield has helped customers-and me-connect to our nation's history
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