Posts tagged Car Dependence
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Breakfast links: Transportation innovation
Social media changing transportation habits; Millennials want diverse transit options; A future with less driving; Purple Line NIMBY?; Smoking banned in public facilities; How should CaBi expand?; DC revenue estimates go up; Shutdown weather forecast; See something, text something; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flying high
Long delays at IAD; DCA and IAD to receive makeovers; Marijuana bill introduced to Council; How people commute; DHCD funding takes a hit; Ballston Mall redevelopment pushes forward; Friendship Heights gets greener; Silver Line expected for February; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to school
DC students want to be heard; Howard in trouble?; Virginia drivers spend more to own car; Odd logic used to block UberX; Will Gray sign living wage bill?; Illegal apartment becoming legal; Transportation Alternatives announced; Can we improve IZ?; Safe streets?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a walk
Pedestrians get more time; Something rotten on Florida Ave.?; The decline of car dependence?; Teens forgo licenses; Is soccer stadium a good deal?; Volunteer away affordability; Unlawful traffic camera suspended; NoVA office corridor shifting; SmarTrip gets cheaper; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New heights
Imagine DC with (slightly) taller buildings; Virginia funds projects; Virginia counties squabble over businesses; PG OKs affordable housing bill; It’s another autonomy bill; Takoma Park blocks pesticides; Rural areas more dangerous than cities?; More Americans drive to work. Keep reading…
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Road advocate says car dependence is an argument for more
Virginia road lobbyist Bob Chase claims that the only “balanced” funding for transportation is to give almost all of it to roads, primarily because most people drive. But he overlooks a simple fact: most people drive because we have under-invested in other modes for a long time. That’s no reason to keep it up. Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney called… Keep reading…
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Community stories show the shift to a walkable lifestyle
38 percent. That’s the growing percentage of District households that are car-free. Countless others are car-lite, relying mostly on transit, walking, and biking. Too often we lose sight of this fact in local debates on issues like parking, transit improvements, redevelopment, and so on. Mouse over or click an image… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vote
Vote today. Why not now?; Marijuana arrests target blacks; United stadium looking likely; Trees are ultimately obstacles; Swing span got stuck; Met Branch Trail unstuck; Count people and bikes in Alexandria; We’re renting more, driving less; And…. Keep reading…
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Idea Exchange moves DC toward transportation fun
If you missed the moveDC “Idea Exchange,” an all-day workshop about the future of transportation in the District and the first step in a year-long project to build a transportation master plan for DC, there were three themes you can take away from the session: Those who want to continue designing the city around more and more driving get no quarter from the top echelons… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: McDonnell’s bad ideas
VA transportation bill marches on; DIY transportation funding; No one wants a new toll road; Costly U-turns; Green Line fire causes delays; Group opposes opponents; Another day, another taxi credit card delay; Country roads; Car-free pays; And…. Keep reading…