by Ben Goldman Yesterday, Walk Score—developer of the popular method for evaluating neighborhood walkability (and filling out NCAA tournament brackets)—announced its first ranking of cities by Transit Score, a measure of the "usefulness" of a city's tr... »
Last week, I emailed with one of the people taking responsibility for the DC.gov DDOS attacks that downed several government websites. Going by the name Cosmosis Jones, the person told me they were based in Staten Island, and added, "we just want to ad... »
(To badly paraphrase the Dylan lyric, "the debutante knows what you need, but I know what you want," the issue of getting the retail you want is more about what can be financed.)While it looks cool, I am not a big fan of the Popularize.com "crowdsourci... »
From Deadline's Nellie Andreeva: I’ve learned that Fox News Channel is finalizing new deals with its two biggest stars, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity. The new multi-year, multi-million dollar agreements, which are expected to be completed by early nex... »
by Tanya Snyder Martin Kelly Jones doesn't make or sell a thing, but has made a living by suing transit agencies who use real-time tracking technologies that he says he owns. It's a practice known as "patent trolling." Photo by Oran Viriyincy on Flickr... »
The Eastern Market Metro Community Association got a look at the latest on the Hine School project in the form of a brand new 3D model. The developers Stanton-Eastbanc have the model currently on display in Hill Center Reception Room if you are interes... »
Holy career moves! Dan Tangherlini, the former District Department of Transportation director-turned-Metro head-turned-City Administrator whom President Barack Obama plucked to be Chief Financial and Performance officer for the Treasury, has been named... »
D.C.'s development chiefs, led by Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Victor Hoskins, sat for a lengthy D.C. Council budget hearing and provided updates on existing projects in the District's pipeline: Fifth & Eye, Parcel 42, Hill East, ... »
