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 Stories About: air pollution AND placemaking AND Washington DC
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National Parking Service
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08 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| National Parking Service Washington, D.C., is cursed with some of the heaviest traffic and worst air pollution in the country. But the obvious solution -- reducing the number of drivers on the road -- faces a major obstacle: the federal government, which supplies free parking, thereby eliminating a major incentive to take public transportation. The federal government is the biggest employer in D.C. and owns some 3 ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, placemaking, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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