Posts tagged Environment
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Silly car company antics of the day
Prince of Petworth noticed this “green” truck: Keep reading…
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COG climate change report briefing tomorrow
Climate experts from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) are briefing the DC Council tomorrow about COG’s Climate Change Report. Produced by a steering committee co-chaired by Councilmember Mary Cheh, MoCoCo’s Nancy Floreen and Fairfax’s Gerry Connolly (likely the next Congressman from NoVa), the report gives 78 recommendations… Keep reading…
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Transportation across the nation: Mistakes of the ‘70s edition
Bulb-outs in Boston? Boston’s record on livable streets and Smart Growth is decidedly mixed, with good projects surrounded by bad transportation practices. There may be hope if the ideas in this Globe article come to Boston. Via Streetsblog. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: thanks for emailing tips edition
Sausage makers talk trains: Northern Virginia’s Congressman Jim Moran is holding a town hall on called “From Roads to Rail” on Monday evening, July 7th in Tysons. House Transportation Chairman James Oberstar will speak too. Thanks bfox! Keep reading…
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DC USA’s idea of drainage
I don’t think “the sidewalk” is an acceptable answer for “where should we put the stormwater runoff”. Keep reading…
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“Hanging on to the last vestiges of a car-based economy”
DC Councilmembers Jim Graham, Tommy Wells, and Phil Mendelson had sharp questions for representatives of numerous industry groups at yesterday’s hearing on the parking tax loophole. Clearly coordinated in advance, industry reps from the hotels, universities, hospitals, building owners, Pepco, and even nursing homes and Covenant House (always good to pull the heartstrings… Keep reading…
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Testify to close the free-parking tax loophole
Tomorrow, the DC Council will hold a hearing on the “Clean Air Compliance Fee” bill. Currently, DC (and other jurisdictions) tax parking garages and paid employee parking. But there’s a loophole: if an office gives out free parking, there’s no tax, even though the impact of the cars on the roads and the environment is just as great (or greater, because free… Keep reading…
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Brunch links: everyone else already linked to it edition
Notyetworth or Lawn and Order? City Paper has a feature on DC’s neighborhoods, with cutesy names like “Sacramento” for CUA/Brookland or “Banana Republic Republic” for Georgetown. The accompanying essays for each neighborhood are much less superficial than I expected. The one for Subarubia (Tenleytown/AU Heights) gives a lot of ink to the smart… Keep reading…
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Carper: “Public transportation has saved Americans”
OK, that headline might be a tiny bit out of context, but Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) gave a strong defense of transit on the floor of the Senate: Keep reading…
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New Partners: Earl Blumenauer and Mary Landrieu
Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, whose district includes Portland, joined in a roundtable discussion. Blumenauer had strong words for the Bush Administration on its transportation policy, especially the recent commission report, where language in favor of increasing the gas tax was cut out. Blumenauer: the commission was set… Keep reading…