Posts tagged Boee
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Mary Cheh’s annual joke budget memo mocks the streetcar, endless transportation studies, and more
Each year, as the DC Council considers the District’s budget, Councilmember Mary Cheh and her staff issue fake recommendations that satirize recent news. This year’s poke even sharper fun than usual at a number of issues around transportation, Eleanor Holmes Norton’s parking, the Vince Gray prosecution, and many others. On the streetcar, for instance,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Car-freedom
Car-Free Day is today!; Put the phone down; The future of clean transport; Fairfax County bicycle plan almost ready; Two birds, one stone; River flows change MD/VA border; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bowser, Nadeau beat incumbents
Bowser is the nominee; Nadeau beats Graham; What took so long?; Transit center in 2014?; Circulator extends hours; Transit partnership will save money; Congress discussing transit benefit again; Too many tickets amid blossoms?; DC region is a flop for investors; No snow day exception; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rage, rage
Two drivers pull weapons; Driver who hit cyclist takes plea; Cheh wants safety not money; Brown is out; Only one brain cell open at BOE; CaBi grows; Fewer new condos; And…. Keep reading…
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Thanks for the foolishness yesterday
We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s April Fool joke posts on Greater Greater Washington and Greater Greater Education. Our April 1 edition was a true team effort, with significant writing, editing, and image creating by Andrew Bossi, Jessica Christy, Tim Krepp, Dan Reed, Miriam Schoenbaum, Jim Titus, and Steven Yates. Many, many more contributors and volunteers also assisted… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets
Pedestrian carnage; Don’t text and drive; Hybrid owners get a break; Cheh very supportive at bike hearing; Affordable housing needs money every year; Developer sues Graham; MD GOP vs. transit; Ask Arlington streetcar questions; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Share the load
Path will be too narrow; Lanier talks tickets; Initiatives face confusion; Another taxi app; Windy City wants safer walking; Elevated bike highways: good idea?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the trail’s at
Finish the Met Branch; Bike progress in Herndon; Light rail plans in Maryland; Rejection defended; On the waterfront; GOP on transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: And one more
Another shoe drops; Two elections for the price of one; Is Gray next?; Don’t stop here; Metro fights harassment; Interns will ride; The neighborhoods of the future, now; And…. Keep reading…
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Nonpartisan DC primary would give winners more legitimacy
Since the 2010 general election, DC has had 3 council elections where the winning candidate gained less than 50% of the vote. Our current system too often hands a victory to someone who most voters vote against, in elections that too few voters participate in. “The way District residents elect a mayor and Council members needs to change,” Chuck Thies noted this week. … Keep reading…