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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

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From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Reckless driving. And the number of slots is minimal.

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

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Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). Let alone vote on it. I wrote a bunch about failures of transit referenda in Tampa Bay and the State of Georgia in the 2010s.

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Thanks Obama! (for saving my life)

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Although the Biden Administration is actually accomplishing a lot, from investments in transportation to creation of technology hubs around the country, continued investment in broadband, etc. (" Joe Biden profile ," New Yorker ). Instead my exercise would be forced by my need for transport. Kaiser Family Foundation).

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

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The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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"), and that often means suburban locations where adjacent land is more easily acquired and controlled by the team, it was announced that Monumental Sports is negotiating with Virginia for a Potomac Yards location (" Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia ," Washington Post ). Flickr photo by Ken Lund.

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Defining deviance down: Disorder and cities in 2022

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Council to decriminalize fare evasion in 2018. Transit fare evasion in DC (and elsewhere). The solutions aren’t easy for Metro or its transit police department, which has been accused of disproportionate enforcement against Black residents, leading the D.C.

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