Posts tagged Aubrey Layne
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For I-66, outside-the-beltway lawmakers say “toss the facts, widen baby widen”
A group of Virginia state legislators from outside the beltway are urging Governor McAuliffe to widen I-66 inside the beltway, rather than go forward with VDOT’s transit and tolls proposal. But years of data say the multimodal proposal would be more effective. Keep reading…
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Reform WMATA? Slash and burn? Or stay the course?
What does WMATA need? Just more money, and otherwise everything is okay? Major cuts, abandoning hope of eight-car trains and fixing the Blue Line in this generation? Or a balance of real management reforms and more investment at the same time? These are the positions Virginia, Maryland, and DC officials, respectively, are taking. In a recent article in the Washington Post, Abigail… Keep reading…
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Virginia takes the politics out of transportation spending
A newly-passed General Assembly bill will make transportation spending in Virginia more practical and less political, by replacing ad-hoc funding decisions with more transparent performance measures. HB1887, the “omnibus transportation bill” which the General Assembly passed this session, makes dozens of changes to the complicated web of formulas and… Keep reading…