Posts tagged Alexandria
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Afternoon links: Governments and tweets
Sidewalk snow tickets coming in Alexandria; Nice job @DDOTDC; Examiner breaks word to Anacostia blogger?; Future VDOT head no transit hater; Happy holidays Zipcar; 5Q2; DC is growing, kinda fast. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Consequences of snow
Sidesnowpiles; Two pedestrians die; You can’t save a space; Post ignores own staff and blogs to get story wrong?; Free parking means no parking; Arlington in DC all along?; And…. Keep reading…
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2009 wish list for transit, revisited
One year ago, I posted a 2009 wish list for transit projects in the region. In 2008, we reflected on the successes and failures of the first generation of transit-oriented development and revitalization of historic walkable urban places in the region. 2008 also drove home the dangers of car-dependent development, as historicallly high gasoline prices put fiscal strain… Keep reading…
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Virginia’s answer to DC’s streetcars
Plans for streetcars in DC and along Arlington’s Columbia Pike are well-known around the region, but they’re not the only exciting plans for new surface transit inside the Beltway. Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax have quietly identified a number of corridors for significantly enhanced transit service. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: High-speed suburban buses
ICC buses will go to BWI, Fort Meade; Fairfax plans dedicated bus lanes; C is for calming; Marketing transit; New York Avenue Costco; Cool subway architecture; Come transformare una chiesa; And…. Keep reading…
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Bonus links: Parking extravaganza
$80,000 a space for another DC USA?; Tenleytown Safeway too suburban; Three parking bills, one hearing; Free holiday meters?; Free transit for some Chicago shoppers; Potomac Yard station still just out of reach; A Green City but without green transportation. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Fort Totten, Virginia streetcars, and ballpark performance parking
There’s a final wave of community meetings on interesting mobility-related projects this week before the Thanksgiving break. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit in your city and on your phone
Streetcars4NoVA; NextBus on your BlackBerry; NTSB wants hearings; Transit? Not for these elected officials; Not just one way for Laurel; MetroWest still on the horizon; The Chevy Chase parking force. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get transit-oriented
How about some Oriented Development with your Transit?; Maryland agencies to become more transit-oriented; City-dwelling car-loving writers riding transit; Inalienable right to get light poles moved?; School with safer routes; Now there were three against HOT lanes; People not so mad about ICC tolls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Saluting substitutes or subsidies
Salute to pedestrian safety; Metro schedules Maryland town halls; No substitute for the automobile?; Amtrak subsidies high? Still not clear; Laurel traffic now calmer; If you can push for parking here, you can push for it anywhere; And…. Keep reading…