Posts about Fairfax & Falls Church
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Breakfast links: Dry heat
Water shutoff starts for PG County; Water OK on Metro; Metro launches bike registration; Environmentalists for golf courses; MoCo plan divides BRT supporters; Streetcars nearing final stretch; Will Gray run again?; Howard project goes to court; Georgetown eyes Walter Reed. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How well does it score?
Rate the TOD; Growth of a deaf-friendly neighborhood; Georgetown students for classical style; It’s style, not size, at McMillan; Development details; “End of Autopia”; Where the groceries are; Parking minimums in NYC; Sprawl and suicide?; And…. Keep reading…
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DC repurposes lanes, Virginia adds them
DC, Maryland, and Virginia have proposed their latest series of changes to a regional transportation plan. It’s amusing to look at the list: DC’s new projects are all about reconfiguring roadways to be less like highways, while Virginia’s are all about adding or widening highways. Keep reading…
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DC, Fairfax consider cutting the 5A bus to Dulles
The WMATA Board will consider a package of changes to Metrobus routes at its meeting tomorrow. There are many small changes to routes, but one that could affect a large number of residents is a proposal from DC and Fairfax County to cut the 5A bus to Dulles. The bus may become unnecessary once the Silver Line’s Phase 2 goes all the way to the airport. In the meantime, Fairfax County… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walmart’s threat
Walmart might pull back; Is Walmart bluffing?; Marijuana bills moving; More of SW is historic; More crashes in Fairfax; Behond the new Sherman; Metro morsels; See where the hipsters are; Not much reason in highway rankings; We could use some CA HSR right now; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crash
Plane crashes; road crashes; Build over I-66?; Virginia fights over transportation; Reasons for congestion drops; Metro pulls up flowers; Some feds to Branch Avenue; Purple Line pieces; Hailo a cab soon; Will rents’ rise slow?; And…. Keep reading…
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Fairfax still wants a real center at Vienna MetroWest
Developers floated a plan last month to drastically downscale the town center at Vienna MetroWest, but Lynda Smyth, the county supervisor for the area, said she never approved such a change, nor would the Board of Supervisors likely ever do so. Developers say they’re still committed to the full town center, but can’t do it right away. Keep reading…
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What’s a better connection for Montgomery and Fairfax?
The American Legion Memorial Bridge helped usher in an era of suburban growth for Montgomery and Fairfax counties, which combined have over 2 million residents and 1.1 million jobs. As both counties have grown, the bridge remains the only link between them, and one almost exclusively dependent on single-occupancy vehicles. The George Mason University Center for Regional… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you think about Metro
Metro gets good marks…; … but not from Hiatt; More Metro morsels; Survey also says; Bike bits; Transit-oriented Wegmans at Tysons?; Howard tax break dead?; Would living wage scare off Walmart?; Borderstan no more; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Glacial” progress on trails
Rock Creek Trail fixes slowly moving; Will MoCo CaBi lead to sidewalk riding?; More bike bits; Major Red Line problems; DC will cut sales tax, some fares; DC boom might slow?; Narrow Wilson Boulevard?; Air travel and DCA redux; Young adults still want libraries; And…. Keep reading…