Posts tagged Alexandria
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Breakfast links: Finding flaws
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Alexandria anxious for Potomac Yard Metro in 2016
The Potomac Yard infill station in Alexandria is on track to open in 2016. It had better, because any delays could imperil Alexandria’s funding for the project. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is now underway, as required by law. As governments commonly do with EISes, they have launched a project website to disseminate information to the public. The EIS process… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shoveling out news
Plowing priorities kill pedestrian; Throw a snowball, get throat cut; During the snow…; Sarles explains snow service decision; Sarles official, finalizes contract; Two very different House Republicans; Roads in urban areas safer; London neighborhood council “bans” cycling on path; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State of the union’s infrastructure
Obama for more infrastructure, clean energy; Cantor wants infrastructure but not to pay for it; Who doesn’t the GOP care about transit?; Smith to students: Don’t participate in our democracy; Many DCPS teachers turn down bonuses; Sarles brings stability, but…; Silver Line costs on the rise; More subways, not that kind; NoMa Summer Screen with trains!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No respect in Congress
Conservatives want cuts to transit, DC; Top transportation Democrat a roads guy; Armed robbery on Metro last month; Gray makes DMPED pick & others; News from the Walmart front; Hit and runs in the region; Kenilworth Ave to get sidewalks, bike lanes; Arlington improves traffic signal network; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good Republican, Bad Democrat
Mara is in the race; Congressman wants to widen BW Parkway; Secure bike cage coming to College Park; 15-year-old pedestrian killed in PG; New Glenmont garage underway; Metro improvements delayed in MoCo; Keeping Columbia Pike affordable; McDonnell proposes teacher performance pay; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Concealed intentions
Bag inspections not really optional; TX Rep wants to carry concealed weapon in DC; Streetcar substation problems on H Street; Gen Yers don’t want McMansions; LaHood defends HSR; See a film about Columbia, Maryland; Driver who killed cyclist gets 8 years; What to do with school boards?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Solutions for Northern Virginia
DoD to pay for express buses to Mark Center; Reps want Metro extension studies; How to get complete streets in Alexandria?; Alexandria proposes own Metro Board changes; Talking streetcars with Dan Tan; Snow preparation costs money; NYC taxis all disappear at the same time; Barclay Bikes not so great?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Planning the deets
Getting into the Purple Line details; Finalizing connections to Tysons stations; Fairfax may limit parking near Metro; Alexandria needs an add-on tax; Congress needs a dorm; Will political shooting raise security?; Listen to the riders; Jamieson knows what WMATA PR should say; “War on drivers” is nonsense; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s moving forward, mostly
PG Metro board member yanked; Leslie Johnson won’t control development; Teen killed in hit and run; Gray education picks are strong reformers; Zimmerman looks ahead; Overhead wire bill approved; Dulles Metro station far for security reasons?; Tell station managers about escalators; And…. Keep reading…