Posts tagged Columbia Pike
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Breakfast links: Saving the city
Self-policing DC; Best design of the year?; Shaw and Anacostia sites ready for development; Pay-to-play meter deal; Defense of streetcar in Arlington; Urbanism from scratch; 1 car = 10 bikes; 11-year BRT timeline; Utah’s transit gem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Debates and delays
Streetcar uncertainly slows development; McMillan goes to Zoning Commission; Lighter and faster trains en route?; Minimum wage in Montgomery to rise; Uncertainty after auction; Next stop: Georgetown?; Put a lid on it; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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Chris Zimmerman leaving Arlington County Board
Arlington County board member Christopher Zimmerman will step down early next year to join Smart Growth America. During his 18 years in office, Zimmerman was an outspoken board advocate for public transportation and smart growth. Zimmerman will become Vice President for Economic Development at Smart Growth America, a national advocacy group for sustainable transportation… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can’t live here
Investors foreclose on homes; Demand overwhelms affordable Arlington building; A fix for Transit Center?; Taxpayers may pay $500 million for rail-trails; US DOT’s strategic plan lacks vision; Traffic congestion starts again; Survey favors biking and walking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit coming and going
A shorter CCT; Transit on Route 7?; Uncertainty continues as Columbia Pike redevelops; Fairfax considers tolls; Freight derailment delays MARC; Climate change causes concern; New Yorkers repurpose parking; Rents decline slightly; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unwanted developments
Wage bill threatens more developments; Mixed-use Safeway causes mixed feelings; Farm-to-table, literally; Enough money for Purple & Red?; ConNeb? Comet Corner?; Can merger save Detroit?; Same story, different places; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop and go
Park easier downtown; Review starts on super stop; How to fix Georgetown; Rents not rising; Dupont can be prettier more safely; WMATA was watching; Medical Center access moves forward; More intelligent campus design; Maryland movement; And…. Keep reading…
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Heavy rail, streetcars or BRT? Transit isn’t “one size fits all”
The District is building a streetcar system while also studying the potential for express bus lanes in key areas. Montgomery County is looking at building a bus rapid transit (BRT) network. Arlington and Fairfax are planning a streetcar on Columbia Pike, while a BRT line is under construction in the Crystal City-Potomac Yard area. Keep reading…
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Arlington streetcars do pass the cost-benefit test
Last Sunday, Arlington County Board member Libby Garvey criticized the Columbia Pike Streetcar in an op-ed in The Washington Post, “Arlington streetcars fail the cost-benefit test.” Contrary to Ms. Garvey’s assertions, Arlington County is on the right track. Ms. Garvey opined that streetcars won’t improve transit on Columbia Pike and pointed… Keep reading…