Posts tagged Bob Mcdonnell
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Breakfast links: Alternatives
The other approach to the gas tax; Yet another way to fund transit; Traffic and pedestrian deaths hit new low; Rents go down?; Up in the sky, it’s a Purple Line station!; The future of car sharing; Where to grow; Parking plugs Pgh project. Keep reading…
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McDonnell’s insane transportation plan: no gas tax
We knew there would be some nutty proposals in the Virginia legislature this year, and some serious attempts to fix transportation funding, but Governor Bob McDonnell managed to stun everyone yesterday with a real doozy: eliminate the gas tax entirely. Seriously. Virginia sorely needs money for transportation. While McDonnell is borrowing $3 billion from the future to fund… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s on the Council
Committees are out; Silverman runs; Politics for all; Windshield Washingtonian; UDC president fired; Officer reluctant to ticket driver; McDonnell commits to 460; A very desirable house; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not working?
Little movement in test scores; Hampton doesn’t need roads; Developer sues over empty IZ units; Recriminations over red tops; Free parking fight, 1955 on the Ellipse; From Russia with civic ambivalence; Not so sudden developments; Work done on Wisconsin; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sober new laws
Limits on liquor protests draw protest; McDonnell might raise VA gas tax; Height limit defense; Residents don’t want bus lot; The toll not paid; NYC riders get allied; Trolls beware; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feel the heat
Hot cars; More bad news for Gray; Your name here; Cemetery or stables?; Conflict management; Not yet on board; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: LivingCheaply
DC gives LivingSocial big bucks; DC budget autonomy on hold again; Wells is against private streetcars; McDonnell wants Loudoun to join Silver Line; Walk a mile in a neighbor’s shoes; Beat back anti-bikeshare arguments; A lot you didn’t know about Moses; Walk Score gets better; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not like it used to be
The action is in the core; Verizon Center aims for new signage; Bikeshare survey says; New cars won’t come in time; Do they need the money?; Another “power grab”; Who’s running for what?; Chicago is stumbling; Rio’s growing pains; And…. Keep reading…
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McDonnell admin. drops another transit funding bombshell
The McDonnell administration has suddenly decided to revamp the way it handles transportation funding, sending Northern Virginia cities and counties into a last-minute and potentially expensive scramble. The reason appears to be politics and a desire to wrest power from Northern Virginia, which is politically not aligned with the governor. The cities and counties of Northern… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neglect
Entrepreneur lets estate decay; Where’s the exit, Metro?; Building falls down; Some live off the beaten path; Walkable North Bethesda vs. U Street; Time to shuffle committees?; Soccer proposal gets numbers; McDonnell backing off Silver Line. Keep reading…