Posts about Virginia
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Breakfast links: Just vote no
Helmets good, mandatory bad; Hybrid protest; Last in, first fixed; Around the at-large race; MBT gradually moving ahead; Cool Disco Donuts not so cool; Who pays the most?; High-speed hit piece; Fearersome new task force; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: McDonnell’s bad ideas
VA transportation bill marches on; DIY transportation funding; No one wants a new toll road; Costly U-turns; Green Line fire causes delays; Group opposes opponents; Another day, another taxi credit card delay; Country roads; Car-free pays; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Goodbye, Ray
LaHood leaving; Surplus salted away; Chevy Chase sidewalk contentious; No mandatory helmets in Maryland; Superhuman cyclists aren’t most of us; MoCo bag fee 1 year old; Lower benefit hurts bus ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia legislators say “raise the gas tax”
In response to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s insane plan to fund transportation by eliminating the gas tax, Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates have proposed an alternative. It combines Democratic and Republican proposals to increase the gas tax statewide and give Northern Virginia separate authority to raise its own new funds. Yesterday, the House… Keep reading…
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Metro’s stuffed full at Rosslyn. What can be done?
Why aren't there more Orange or Blue Line trains? Rosslyn, one of the biggest chokepoints in the system. Here are some proposals Metro has made to fix this problem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give permission
New WH CoS not “allowed” to bike?; Legalize cohabitation in VA; VA reps don’t want tolls; Passengers stuck on train; Add a signal at 16th and Colesville; Hannity discovers old overgeneralizations; Chicago will do BRT; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep it
Save or spend?; Condo bike storage; Trump won’t get tax break; Cars in DC; Virginia schools in flux; Ride in your car and on a train; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend bonus links: West coast, east coast
“War on cars” fake in Seattle; What might have been in LA; David, elsewhere; McDonnell fails Freakonomics; Leggett says he’s for Bethesda entrance; Cubic buys NextBus; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro plan reactions
Can Metro get its billions?; Build high to dig deep; Police harassed sexual assault victims?; Alexandria to ax bike registration; Cafritz in trouble?; Credit card readers delayed; Hill East gets one bid; Oregon Avenue won’t get bike path; Runaway train never going back; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Pay for it
Could we see congestion pricing?; Roads don’t pay for themselves; Inauguration data; VA GOP wants to change electoral college rules; A more open campus; Pay without touching; And…. Keep reading…