Posts tagged Arlington
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Breakfast links: More pedestrians there, more cars here
Midtown Manhattan’s Broadway to go pedestrian-only: Times Square and Herald Square are some of the nation’s most crowded outdoor spaces. Diagonal Broadway jams up traffic on Sixth and Seventh Avenues, by taking away traffic signal time from the avenues. Yesterday, New York announced an innovative solution Keep reading…
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Zimmerman aces TPB, blocks I-66 widening
BeyondDC broke some exciting news. Thanks to the efforts of Arlington Board member Chris Zimmerman, who also sits on the Metro Board of Directors and the Council of Governments’ Transportation Policy Board, it’s the policy of the Washington Metropolitan Region not to widen I-66 at this time. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting around the Old Dominion
Next stop Lynchburg: A Virginia board approved funding for two new daily trains, one from Lynchburg to DC via Charlottesville and Culpeper, and the other from Richmond to DC. The service could begin as early as October. (News Advance via Stephen) Keep reading…
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Arlington collecting bicycle and pedestrian traffic data
Arlington County’s Department of Environmental Services is going to be collecting bicycle and pedestrian traffic data this coming week. Volunteers will be counting bicycles and pedestrians at 20 sites around the county on shared-use trails such as the Four Mile Run trail, urban sidewalks like those near Metro stations, and on-road bicycle lanes (cyclists only). … Keep reading…
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Dinner links: hungry for good architecture, stimulus money
Not so historic: Prince of Petworth posts a very non-historic building in Capitol Hill. Good reason to have historic preservation laws, or a nice addition of variety to the block? Keep reading…
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Arlington’s TDR program misses Montgomery’s high standard
Arlington recently created a Transfer of Development Rights” (TDR) program. It’s a good start, but so far, it leaves out some of the most valuable components which have made Montgomery County’s a model successful program, protecting the county’s rural and historic land in a way that works for farmers and developers. Though they have existed for nearly… Keep reading…
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How can we make bike sharing programs compatible?
In the comments thread for this morning’s breakfast links, Ben relayed some news (or maybe not so new news) that Arlington is planning a bike sharing program. According to various commenters, the program won’t be compatible with DC’s SmartBike, since SmartBike works with Clear Channel, Arlington doesn’t have bus shelter advertising, Clear Channel… Keep reading…
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Skip the housing, get the affordable housing tax credit?
According to DCmud, due to some bizarre quirks of Arlington’s tax code, a developer building near the Metro is getting affordable housing tax credits… for not building housing. Or maybe not; see the update below. Keep reading…
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enviroCAB sets a green example in Arlington
Last spring Arlington approved a new cab company, enviroCAB, to provide taxicab service in the county. It was the first new taxi company in Arlington in at least twenty-five years. All its vehicles are hybrids, challenging the status quo of the Crown Victorias other companies use. Most of the time a cab carries a single passenger, so providing a more fuel efficient choice seems like… Keep reading…