Posts tagged Vre
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Breakfast links: New directions
Pay-to-play fueled Cheh’s push; VRE down, MARC up; Nowhere to compost; MoCo wants land deal oversight; Transportation bill going nowhere fast; Pocket parks fail; City folk pay less in transportation; Katz out as planner; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On time, over budget
Trains run on time; With more cars; Alexandria approves waterfront plan; DC leads in LEED; Garvey wins nomination; Convince drivers to pay more; Takoma gets TOD. Keep reading…
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Which DC-area transit agencies offer open data?
Projects like the Mobility Lab’s real-time screens and Transit Near Me can help riders and boost transit usage, but they can only show information for agencies which provide open data. How do our region’s agencies stack up? The table below lists the many transit agencies in the Washington region and their open data progress. In a nutshell, there are 2 kinds of open data: schedule… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here comes the train again
Crack is whack for Metro; VRE going without Wi-Fi; Brookland development gets ANC OK; Traffic studies unbelievable but true; CaBi may soon get ads; Emergency pedicab regulations permanent; A strong core is key to health; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better taxis for a better tomorrow
Taxis get all shook up; Commuter benefit likely ending; VRE seeks more funding; Virginia budget boosts roads; O’Malley signs PlanMaryland; Waterfront plans roil Alexandria; Parking meters draw Petworth’s ire. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The value of bike lanes
Mixed-use and cycle track for Herndon; Fewer bike and pedestrian scofflaws; On bike lanes; Evans paying for sports tickets; Another round of campus plans; Clean up or close coal plant?; Fighting homelessness in Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Preserving history
Local vs. national on the Mall; Are chain link fences historic?; 10-20 fewer people will get to live on 14th Street; Questionable campaign finance practices; Another departure at elections board; Feds won’t pay for parking yet; All Hands in jeopardy; Gray defends bond tax veto; And…. Keep reading…
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DoD begins encouraging transit for BRAC commuters
The Department of Defense is now promoting alternatives to to the more than 5,800 employees relocating to Fort Meade in August due to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) changes. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) headquarters is moving from the Pentagon in Virginia to Fort Meade in Maryland, and represents a substantial number of the relocated jobs. Unlike… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: How we compare
Metro areas ranked by pedestrian safety; Why Washington is better than Atlanta; DC second fittest; biking a factor?; Gray wants Skyland Walmart; Cheh proposes awesome budget ideas; VRE bends over backwards; HSR an even clearer win for California than France; Building transit takes a long time. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
Gray wants tall buildings EotR; Upping security; What’s affordable?; DC not really worst for business, redux; Bike beats car and bus; The Anacostia is really dirty; Alexandria rejects add-on tax; More on CaBi and bin Laden; And…. Keep reading…