Posts tagged Cat:roads
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Virginia Republican pursuing vendetta against Arlington for not wanting to be a “giant interchange”
DC isn’t the only place in the area where a Republican legislative majority in a large, mostly exurban and rural geographic area is threatening serious budget blows against a small, Democratic-leaning, urban jurisdiction. In the Virginia legislature, at least one influential House Republican is looking to take a big bite out of Arlington County’s revenues as… Keep reading…
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Virginians: Ask your reps to oppose bad highway bills
Tonight, the Virginia Assembly’s transportation subcommittee will discuss some bad bills. If you live in Virginia, please email the members of the subcommittee to ask them to oppose HB1998, 1999 and 2016. This is especially important if you live in Herndon and Sterling (Tom Rust’s district), or western Loudoun or Clarke Counties (Joe May’s district),… Keep reading…
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Congestion report pushes sprawl through flawed analysis
The Texas Transportation Institute today released the final version of their report on congestion, which ranks the DC area tied for first with Chicago in hours wasted in traffic. Unfortunately, the report’s methodology completely misleads as to the seriousness of traffic, and TTI is pushing the wrong policy solutions. The TTI report narrowly looks at only one factor:… Keep reading…
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Arlington planning changes, 1960s to 1970s
In 1961, Arlington approved its first General Land Use Plan (GLUP). Fourteen years later, the next version of the GLUP reflected a major shift in Arlington planning, removing many planned highways and setting the locations of future Metro stations. No change in Arlington’s history has been more instrumental in setting how the county developed to the combination of grid-pattern… Keep reading…