Posts about Alexandria
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Potomac Yard group debates Metro location and auto-oriented principles
Last night, Alexandria’s Potomac Yard Planning Advisory Group discussed the proposed infill Metrorail station at Potomac Yard. The station would anchor a large area of mixed-use development mostly between Jefferson Davis Highway and the GW Parkway. This land used to be filled with railyards, and is now mostly empty space with some big-box retail. The group is only starting… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around the Old Dominion
Next stop Lynchburg: A Virginia board approved funding for two new daily trains, one from Lynchburg to DC via Charlottesville and Culpeper, and the other from Richmond to DC. The service could begin as early as October. (News Advance via Stephen) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: hardball negotiations
PG United? DC United’s owner has announced his intention to move the team to Prince George’s County, though he has no firm deal yet. Owner Victor McFarlane wanted DC to pay 75% of the cost of the new stadium, the Post writes, potentially costing DC up to $225 million in public money. McFarlane also offered to “let” DC use some of the tax revenue from ticket and… Keep reading…
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Alexandria delegate candidates apparently haven’t heard of transit
You may not have heard, but there’s an election Tuesday. It’s in Alexandria (and a bit of Fairfax), to fill Brian Moran’s seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Moran stepped down in December to run for governor. Democrat Charniele Herring and Republican Joe Murray are vying to represent the 46th District, which covers most of western, suburban Alexandria and… Keep reading…
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2009 wish list for transit
Since it’s almost time to put on your suit/tuxedo/ballgown and party like it’s 2009, I sat down and thought about the best ways to improve transit in our region in the future. This list breaks down into two categories: near term and long term. Keep reading…
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Army: Alexandria move will be ok because we say so
The Post follows up with more quotes from Virginia officials and Army spokespeople about their transit-unfriendly move to western Alexandria. The Army says they want 40% of workers to carpool or take transit, but don’t justify how they will make that happen and why it won’t still be a disaster. Keep reading…
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Army chooses least transit-accessible site of three for 6,400 jobs
The Army has decided to locate 6,400 jobs at a site in western Alexandria, right off I-395 but far from Metro, reports the Post. The jobs were originally slated to move from Arlington to Fort Belvoir, but concerns about traffic led the Army to consider alternate sites. Keep reading…
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The parking front of the commuter “war”
Ryan Avent points out that on the same weekend the Post ran the awful Weiss article calling DC’s pro-pedestrian policies a “war on commuters,” the Post also reported that Tysons planners and developers plan less parking. Funny, I wonder why Weiss didn’t write about Fairfax’s “war on commuters.”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Interesting ideas from the past edition
Mall plus plus: The July 2006 issue of Washingtonian presented a vision for the National Mall that would create landfill and new canals behind the Jefferson Memorial to create space for new memorials and a relocated Supreme Court; the VRE tracks would also be buried to restore Maryland Avenue as a mirror of Pennsylvania. Thanks Nick! Keep reading…
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Alexandria still into Potomac Yards station
The Post reports continuing movement by the City of Alexandria toward putting an infill station on the Yellow and Blue Lines at Potomac Yards. The WMATA 2030 map I made for WMATA contains this potential infill station as well. Keep reading…