Posts tagged Beltway
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Virginia’s I-66 tolls may be useful, but are they equitable?
Tolling congested highways — especially during their most-demanded periods — makes sense, but we cannot lose sight of the very real pain felt by communities facing the costs of the toll, and important equity concerns. Keep reading…
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After the outcry over the $40 tolls on I-66, this solo driver crunched the numbers
The initial sticker shock of the peak-of-the-peak fares is tough to get past, but when we are looking at this program, let’s not overlook the positives as well. Keep reading…
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Hogan’s proposed beltway widening project could require taxpayer funding and exorbitant tolls
Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn's recent comments on Governor Larry Hogan's highway-widening project provide some interesting insights into the administration’s perspective on improving transportation in the state. Keep reading…
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Hogan hopes to widen, privatize, and toll I-270, I-495, and the BW Parkway
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is proposing to widen and add toll lanes to three of Maryland's biggest highways: I-270, the Beltway, and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Keep reading…
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The Outer Beltway won’t help the people it’s supposed to
Calls for an Outer Beltway, or a new ring road far outside the Capital Beltway, have begun anew with the area's Transportation Planning Board agreeing to study the issue. It's still a bad idea, because a new road won't actually help any of the drivers supporters say it will. In fact, it could make things even worse. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Onward, Bikeshare!
Bikeshare’s growing popularity; Paratransit problems; Bus cuts bite hard; Helping Mosaic move; NVTC’s cautious approval; Big changes in MoCo; Hogan hopeful on FBI; Shine on, 495. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dollars and deaths in Maryland
I-270 spending; Shuttle buses for MoCo; Second cyclist killed; Farewell for a historic fire station?; SafeTrack shuttle SNAFU; 1600 Pennsylvania Ave … SE; LA’s newest Metro line; Road rage on the rise; And (where to find cars)…; Drink with us!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raising the rent
More rent than income; Space > preservation; SafeTrack solution?; Make way for drones; Blame for the blaze; I-66 expansion, go; Baltimore ships that; Maryland’s fork in the road; Walmart’s new use. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride a mile
In riders’ shoes; Metro-oriented development?; VA’s transportation priorities; Vision Zero in Montgomery; Too much trash; Soccer schemes; Affordable in Virginia; The risk of walking; And…. Keep reading…
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Hogan shifted transit money to roads. Here’s what he’ll build
When Maryland governor Larry Hogan canceled Baltimore’s Red Line and cut state funding from the Purple Line, he shifted over a billion dollars from transit to road construction. Here are the road projects he plans to build with that money. Keep reading…