district of columbia Archives - The Handbuilt City

Washington, DC’s Big Car Tax Is A Novel, Necessary Approach To Traffic Fatalities.

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments angie schmitt, automobiles, bloomberg, cars, complete streets, cyclist fatalities, david zipper, dc vision zero, department of transportation, district of columbia, dmv, dot, florida, high and mighty, keith bradsher, mdot, muriel bowser, pedestrian fatalities, public safety, rate of pedestrian fatalities, right of way, safe streets, street safety, streets, vision zero, warshington, warshington dc, Washington DC, we've got a delegation, why is food in dc so expensive

Pedestrian and cyclist safety has a new potential ally in the form of an annual registration tax for huge, heavy cars.

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Urban Planning Policy Housing

Those People: NIMBYism in America’s 17th-Wealthiest County

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Accessory dwelling unit, ADU, bethesda, bethesda maryland, DC, Density, district of columbia, euclidean zoning, form-based code, housing, housing shortage, montgomery county maryland, upzoning, use-based code, warshington dc, Washington DC, why is housing so expensive in dc, Zoning, zoning classification, zoning codes, zoning reform

If you, like me, are a part-time transplant resident of the District of Columbia– and are a policy nerd, no

Real Estate Urban Planning Washington, DC

Exploring the New Washington, DC: Edge Urbanism in Edgewood/Brookland

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments brookland, catholic university of america, CUA, dc metro, district of columbia, ebike, eckington, edgewood, electric scooter, forman mills, fort totten, Gentrification, lime, northeast dc, periurban, red line, redeveloping surface parking, redevelopment, rhode island avenue, rock creek, rowhouse, silver spring, streetscaping, supermarket sushi, surface parking, takoma, townhouse, walkable, wardman, wardman rowhouse, washington, Washington DC, washington gas and light

Walking, biking, scootering around northeast DC for a couple of weeks, thinking about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood.

Energy Utilities

Solar Power and EV’s, If Your Local Grid Is Up For The Challenge

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments anacostia, anacostia river, community solar, DC, DERs, distributed, distributed energy resources, distributed generation, distribution losses, district of columbia, exelon, feeder lines, local power grid, microgrid, photovoltaics, power grid, power grid capacity, rooftop PV, rooftop solar, solar power, solar thermal, solar united neighbors, transmission losses, utilities, ward 7, ward 8, Washington DC

Power grids are complex things. Understanding the local grid capacity– as visualized by one mapping tool- can help us plan for things like rooftop solar or electric vehicle adoption.