Posts tagged Dc Council
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Social media enabled instant organizing for streetcars
The rapid and intense backlash against DC Council Chairman Vincent Gray’s cutting streetcar funds was a great victory for transit advocacy, but it was also a great victory for “social media” — blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and more. It was amazing to see the speed with which the news and calls to action spread, which according to Council officials generated… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big votes on money
What’s in the DC budget?; Fares hike may be approved today; Motivated seller; N Street eclipse; How you talk about it matters; And…; Up in Maryland; In the west. Keep reading…
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You did it! Streetcars restored… mostly
DC Council Chairman Gray has restored most funding for the streetcars after being swamped with calls from constituents upset at his 2 am excision of the project. The budget amendment, introduced by Gray after lunchtime discussions with streetcar supporters including Public Works and Transportation Chairman Jim Graham, restores $10 million in FY2010 so that DC can move ahead… Keep reading…
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Gray cuts streetcars (now restored)
At approximately 2 am last night, Councilmembers received the proposed budget from Chairman Vincent Gray and his staff. Among the 11th-hour (or should it be 14th-hour) changes was a near-complete elimination of the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line. Update: The streetcar funding was subsequently restored. Last night, Council supporters and DDOT officials went… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget day
Soda, maybe; meters, no; Commuter tax? Just for government work; How high will your fare be?; 11th-hour transit operating aid?; Parking cap for BRAC?; I-66 getting slightly wider; Shoup@NBM again; Why Smart Growth is smart. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and money
Speak for streetcars; Metro money matters; Indifferent employees; Why do people take transit?; If it’s AAA, it leads; Not enough government in Maryland?; Flip him the smiley face; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground spaces, above-ground fights
Center Leg gash to heal; Dupont tunnels: Public money or not?; UMD backs down halfway; Fighting over VRE; Commission opposition; Lawyers on bikes; Down with opaque windows; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running to hit
Ehrlich would kill Purple, Red lines; Bam; Damn kids!; Red Line passenger expires; $40 million bus stop?; Francoise car-rier?; Stuff getting built with DC public money. Keep reading…
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Soda tax would boost public health
Proposals to tax soda are looking likely to fail in Pennsylvania and New York. Will one pass in DC? Mary Cheh’s DC Healthy Schools Act proposes a tax of 1 cent per fluid ounce of sugary soft drinks. A 1 cent tax would add about $1.44 to the cost of a 12 pack of soda. Such a tax would generate about $16 million annual and provide the $6 million Cheh needs to implement school programs… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Healthier living
DC schools may get healthier, soda more pricey; NG cost trumps employee preferences; One determined ticket-fighter; Keep riding on; Budget not better for everyone; Amy Polk, crash victim; Cycle crash in Reston; And…. Keep reading…