Posts tagged Arlington
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Post’s Rein knows your dreams: circling for parking
I spoke too soon about the Washington Post moving away from “war on drivers”-style reporting. Today, Lisa Rein and Yamiche Alcindor mar the Metro section with a biased article about Arlington’s performance parking proposals that not only inflames suburban-urban divides but gets the policy issues completely wrong as well. Like Amy Gardner and Sandhya… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and/or parking
College Park should be green; Solar Decathlon; Parking pushback; Green(ish) parking; No grid for Benning; “Racial” arguments make HOT suit hotter; Circulator to Rosslyn?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Students getting around
Elementary public works; Fairfax teens can use the bus; Even underground isn’t good enough; Mean streets and tracks; Is congestion pricing bad for the environment?; New MDOT chief more focused on transit?; Register your car already. Keep reading…
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Why should the most convenient parking spaces also be free?
People are used to paying a little more for convenience. We generally pay more for food prepared in a restaurant, for pre-packaged convenience foods, and even pre-made mixes than for consumer staples. We pay more for tickets through a ticket broker to save us the trouble of going to the box office. We even pay more for groceries, hardware, or other goods if we buy them at a small shop close… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburbs aren’t all the same
Not a safe route yet; Les banlieues américaines; Farmer’s Market … to go; The obvious (finally); Arlington an oasis; Race to the bottom; Transit planning in a recession. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links on the run: It’s a treat
“Treat the next person”; HOT lane opposition growing; Stimulus projects creating congestion; Reconnecting zoning. Keep reading…
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Arlington plans performance parking pilot, other progressive parking policies
Arlington is ready to put a lot of Dr. Shoup’s ideas from The High Cost of Free Parking, and other progressive urban ideas, into the County’s parking policy. At the September 26 meeting of the County Board, Arlington officially proposed major changes to its parking and curbspace policies by advertising a new Parking and Curb Space Element (PDF) for the Master Transportation… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia transportation sticking points
Escape from Van Dorn; Widener Deeds vs. more widener McDonnell; Bad polling news for Fenty; Non-suck column; A more pleasant library; No parking at MLK; Parking better in Arlington; Ask Congress for $4 billion. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Yer outta there
Graham chief of staff arrested for bribery; Pedestrian-hitting driver fired; Potomac Yard station will be less convenient; No tram; build a real subway; Reuse bags, please; Sidleyless Chevy Chase will wait; Get your act together, Georgia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Outdoor people and places
Car-Free photos; Anti H Street festival; Better pictures of the huge bike; High taxes for blight but not vacancy; MWAA now a road-widening agency?; A little relief on BRAC; NTSB: Fix the mystery track circuits; Grants grants grants; And…. Keep reading…