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Scooter company Bird doesn’t like DC’s new proposed rules
The District Department of Transportation’s new rules for dockless bikes and scooters starting in 2019 have ruffled Bird’s features. The electric-scooter operator is specifically concerned that limiting the number of scooters in any company’s fleet will make it unprofitable, and capping speeds of scooters would actually increase risks.
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If Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) second headquarters — or half of it, or some other fraction — does end up in Crystal City, that Arlington neighborhood and those that surround it will begin to change…
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Scooter company Bird doesn’t like DC’s new proposed rules
The District Department of Transportation’s new rules for dockless bikes and scooters starting in 2019 have ruffled Bird’s features. The electric-scooter operator is specifically concerned that limiting the number of scooters in any company’s fleet will make it unprofitable, and capping speeds of scooters would actually increase risks.
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JBG Smith is busy in Crystal City, pulling permits and setting up LLCs
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Amazon HQ favorites: Similar basics but different vibes
The communities said to be favored to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major metropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers. Here’s how New York’s Long Island City and Crystal City in Northern Virginia differ.
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