Posts tagged Columbia Pike
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Arlington needs a new high school. Where should it go?
Arlington County is looking for a location to build a new public high school, and the search is now down to three sites. But if an effort to grant historic status to a complex of buildings near Washington-Lee High School succeeds, the plans might come off the rails. Keep reading…
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Ten bus lines around Washington, DC everyone should know how to ride
Savvy Washingtonians know how to use these 10 bus lines. They have frequent service and are just as easy and convenient to ride as the train. Keep reading…
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Why is there no Metro line on Columbia Pike?
Along the Metro tracks just south of Pentagon station, there are two dead-end tunnels that branch off in the direction of Columbia Pike. They were built so Metro could expand westward in the future, so why has the line never received serious consideration? Keep reading…
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What do you think of these bike plans for Columbia Pike?
Columbia Pike is one of Arlington’s least bike-friendly corridors— there aren’t any bike lanes, traffic is heavy, and the bike boulevards on parallel streets are disjointed and disconnected. The good news it that there’s a plan to make the Pike a better place to bike. The bad? It isn’t exactly going to win any awards. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Beating the heat
It’s getting hot in here; Had it with hot cars; Metro’s bad budget news; Can you hear me now?; Abandoned home angst; Hardly a plan in Arlington; Fuzzy math on robberies; More bus bays for King Street; This week in approvals; Big sales in the suburbs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro memories
Goodbye, paper fare cards; Comstock on Metro; Plain old buses for the Pike; No housing in MoCo office space; Cranes with creativity; Metro riders switch it up; Metro is still the best choice; Regional ride-hailing stats. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Waterfall
Metro chasing waterfalls; Battle in the sidewalks; FBI will not come cheap; Garvey on the Pike; Wanting more in NoMa; Where the bikes go; Where the trains go; Desegregating deductions; For all the infrastructure in China. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rail to bust
Bus stop sticker shock; Midnight closings hard to swallow; Georgetown’s gentrification; Visitor parking pass vigilante; June Housing Bloom; Two more weeks for the Purple Line; Patent on pedestrian safety; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro on message
New on the WMATA Board; Red rapid repairs; Metro’s empty chair; Cemetery land swap; Prince George’s future; OurRFP in Ivy City; The lead feet of Metrobus; Promises on the Old Post Office; Arlington on the ped beat; And…. Keep reading…
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A chat with Arlington County Board candidate Erik Gutshall
Arlington businessman Erik Gutshall has thrown his hat in the ring for the county board democratic primary, challenging incumbent Board member Libby Garvey. A resident and former civic association president of Lyon Park, it would be easy for Gutshall to sit back and hope that the democratic electorate punishes Garvey for endorsing independent John Vihstadt in his successful… Keep reading…