Posts tagged Jack Evans
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Breakfast links: Virginia all-in for roads
VA senate passes McDonnell’s roads plan; Wider roads top priority in new report; More “design by fire truck”; DoD should be chipping in for transportation; Evans unfazed by Snyder lawsuit; Development team selected for New Carrollton; Pepco frustration continues, MoCo eyes other options; More research says cities safer than suburbs for kids; Remembering freedom bus rides; 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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Council needs help judging tax breaks
The DC Council will vote on three breaks for developers today, on taxes and affordable housing requirements. But if I were a Councilmember, I’d have a really tough time deciding whether any of them are a good deal or not, because we simply don’t have enough information. First is the Adams Morgan hotel tax break. A developer wants a $46 million property tax break to build… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big steps for Metro
Metro recommends Red Line fix; Metrobus changes coming; More open data in DC; Evans wants to bring ‘Skins back; Fairfax ponders road takeover; Federal pay freeze would add up in DC; Alternate Metro map poster for sale; DC owed millions in property taxes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All liquored up
Virtual liquor license moratorium; MoCo liquor stores to open Sundays; How not to set a good example; Jefferson High struggles with diversity; Clarendon Trader Joe’s nearing lease; Baltimore codifies bike rights; More escalator problems uncovered; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Truthiness in numbers
Restoring sanity to crowd estimates; Keeping fear of packed trains alive; Better know a District; Better leave a District; The Square Report; The Wørd: unbowed; Indecision 2010; Your moment of Zen. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Tours and taxes
Walk the West End tomorrow; Hail Mary tax break; Gas sales tax?; Alexandria transportation tax?; Pay freeze for thee, but not for me; Matrix Rhee-loaded; London’s bike sharing turns a profit. Keep reading…
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Tom Bridge and I talk parking
Here is video of the complete segment from TBD NewsTalk where We Love DC‘s Tom Bridge, Bruce DePuyt and I discussed Jack Evans’ parking comments and whether DC meter rates are too high. Keep reading…
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Let the parking debate begin
Jack Evans’ parking comments yesterday generated some interesting debate here and on TBD, with many people both for and against changing meter rates. It’s clear drivers aren’t as unified in their recommendations as might appear at first blush. I’ll be appearing on TBD’s NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this morning to discuss the issue. Keep reading…