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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two questions:

1- Shouldnt property owners have a say in what their property is used for?

2- Land is millions of dollars per acre in DC, where is the $ going to come from to purchase property to build parks?[/quote]

Nobody's talking about purchasing land to build parks, it's more about protecting the existing parks and green spaces.  But if there's vacant undeveloped land that would make sense to turn into a park, then the city or a land trust should acquire it.  Likewise, any new development should consider green space in their streetscapes.  Green space makes cities more livable, helps reduce urban heat island effect, helps mitigate runoff and has a whole host of other benefits, which is why it needs to be balanced vs only thinking about density.[/quote]

Guess who advocates for adding climate/stormwater mitigation & green features to streetscapes? The same people who advocate for more housing in cities.[/quote]

You might like to think that's the case but you should pay a little closer attention, because I've seen over and over again how GGWash and others will superficially talk a good story about it but then are the first to sacrifice it and maximize building footprint and building height at the expense of any green space.

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Entirely false.

Signed,
DC Smart Growth Advocate.[/quote]

The other huge issue is that they have only pushed for more housing density, paying absolutely zero attention to the increased pressures it puts on infrastructure, services, traffic et cetera.  As an example, Navy Yard and other areas around the city - the investments in [b]non-housing infrastructure and services to support the housing[/b] has not been adequate.[/quote]

Such as? "Traffic et cetera"? Not enough parking?[/quote]

Like, EVERYTHING.  Parking has gotten worse, yes.  But there's also been no increase to police and emergency services or much of anything else.  And like, have you tried going to Audi Field when there's a big international match going on?   Prepare to just sit stopped in traffic for an hour, with zero traffic control going on.[/quote]

Cities aren’t meant for cars.[/quote]

Maybe the city should have required Audi Field to put in parking at the outskirts of town and run shuttles.  There are probably many other potential solutions as well - but the point is, [b]it seems like the city barely did anything at all to deal with the issue[/b] and continues to not address the impact, even as this push for higher and higher density continues.  [/quote]

Aside from putting Audi Field within a 12-minute walk from a Metro station. There already is parking on the outskirts of town (at suburban Metro stations) and there already are shuttles to Audi Field (the Metro). No need to require Audi Field to do anything.[/quote]

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