Posts tagged Eric Cantor
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Will Cantor’s loss push congressional Republicans to balk on transportation compromise?
Last night, US House majority leader Eric Cantor lost the Republican primary to a tea party challenger who painted Cantor as too willing to compromise with Democrats. Cantor’s loss makes this summer’s looming congressional fight over transportation funding all the more unpredictable. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Political shake-up
Beyer wins in the 8th; Cantor’s swan song; Carol Schwartz returns; Bowser would keep Henderson; When will Maryland Avenue get safer?; Four alternatives for North-South streetcar; Traffic? What traffic?; CaBi helped bike businesses; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Death and near-death
Orange Line train hits man; Residents want action after ped crash; Frank Kameny dies; Commission suggests Md. gas tax hike; Don’t give MWAA to McDonnell too; Bill pushes CBAs for Walmart & others; Is the Artisphere good?; Views of the occupation. Keep reading…
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Inflation, not bike sharing, is why the gas tax isn’t enough
Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA) recently railed against urban bike sharing, blaming it, pedestrian funding, and more for the gas tax not covering all transportation needs. But the real problem is that the gas tax is bringing in less revenue than in the past. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crusaders against bikes and peds
GOP targets bike and ped funding; Drivers are the real socialists?; Speeders beware; Contractors will fix escalators; High commercial taxes but low vacancies; Minnesota-Benning project slow and needy; Track White Flint in real time. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mixed news for pedestrians
Car chase on foot; Walking safer in MoCo; People like to tweet on 9 mph streets; Illegal to let a kid bike to school; Bike sharing IS transit; NNMC getting more parking; Watch where you swim; Skyland delays test patience; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Spending priorities
Cantor would cut bike funds; Northeast high school is reborn; DC preserves but doesn’t use; Maryland’s conflicting priorities; A sad end to a distinguished life; Not exactly ticket amnesty; And…in streetcar news; And…in environmental news. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State of the union’s infrastructure
Obama for more infrastructure, clean energy; Cantor wants infrastructure but not to pay for it; Who doesn’t the GOP care about transit?; Smith to students: Don’t participate in our democracy; Many DCPS teachers turn down bonuses; Sarles brings stability, but…; Silver Line costs on the rise; More subways, not that kind; NoMa Summer Screen with trains!; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Bikes, parks, and parking bikes
Stop it, guys; Truck hit by cyclist, poor truck; Congressmen spend more time at the mall than the Mall; Recreation? That’s not what parks are for!; Which neighborhood will get extremely green?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Narrowing, tunnelling, and bulldozing streets
Suburbs going multi-modal: Fresh off the heels of Virginia’s cul-de-sac ban, VDOT plans to convert two lanes of Reston’s Lawyers Road into two bike lanes, plus a center turn lane. The Reston Association has also recommended reducing the speed limit from 45 to 35 miles per hour. For context, as recently as 1967, Lawyers Road was a one-lane dirt path. (Restonian,… Keep reading…