Posts by Erik Weber — Guest Contributor
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In sprawling suburb, car drive you
While last Wednesday’s hyped “thundersnow” underdelivered on the snow, it certainly didn’t in the chaos department. Storms like these highlight the benefits of compact urban development while underscoring the weaknesses of sprawling suburbia. Residents of Washington’s outer suburbs struggled Wednesday night with horrendous traffic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Finding flaws
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Breakfast links: Suggestions paying off
Metro going express around single tracking; New building skirts parking requirements; Carpooling is in decline; VA legislator wants no more red light cameras; Pepco continues to disappoint; Clean snow off your car!; Road salt turns into river salt; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoveling out news
Plowing priorities kill pedestrian; Throw a snowball, get throat cut; During the snow…; Sarles explains snow service decision; Sarles official, finalizes contract; Two very different House Republicans; Roads in urban areas safer; London neighborhood council “bans” cycling on path; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let it snow
Snow highlights city/suburb difference; Buses not spared from wintry mess; Why H Street isn’t developing faster; Half-busy day for WMATA Board; Bag search feedback mixed; O’Malley to use transportation fund to cut deficit; Mendelson calls for better traffic enforcement; NYPD cracks down on cyclists; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State of the union’s infrastructure
Obama for more infrastructure, clean energy; Cantor wants infrastructure but not to pay for it; Who doesn’t the GOP care about transit?; Smith to students: Don’t participate in our democracy; Many DCPS teachers turn down bonuses; Sarles brings stability, but…; Silver Line costs on the rise; More subways, not that kind; NoMa Summer Screen with trains!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spotlight on roads
PG residents want brighter roads; SHA trying darker roads; Bad bills and bad Senators who support them; Money’s for roads, but he wants control of Metro; Maryland needs new crosswalk strategy; Gray, Brown ride $2,000/month SUVs; Talking transit, taxes and election tactics; National Harbor to add gas station; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taking charge
Sarles officially announced as GM, CEO; Can PG focus on Metro stations?; Watergate residents don’t want trees; ANC opposes bike lane, says bikes complicate driving; Missed opportunities in Fairfax City?; More people shouldn’t mean more highways; Green house, not so green location; Take transit or bikeshare to visit Miami Beach’s new parking garage; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No respect in Congress
Conservatives want cuts to transit, DC; Top transportation Democrat a roads guy; Armed robbery on Metro last month; Gray makes DMPED pick & others; News from the Walmart front; Hit and runs in the region; Kenilworth Ave to get sidewalks, bike lanes; Arlington improves traffic signal network; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The election looms large
Weaver running for at-large, Klein passes; Special election polling places not so convenient?; Who’s responsible for local schools?; Is Congress Heights really in?; Get involved in Purple Line planning; New Tenleytown library opens Monday; Washington traffic tied for worst in US; An art truck?; And…. Keep reading…