Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: Shooting ourselves in the foot
APTA says scrutinize bag searches; Wealthier DC residents registering guns; The ICC’s mixed blessing; People coming into DCPS; Metro escalators are worse than they used to be; What should go at Rhode Island Avenue?; Home rule history has its ironies; Green homes bad, books good?. Keep reading…
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Enforce sidewalk shoveling, especially for large properties
This morning at 10 is a DC Council hearing on Tommy Wells’ and Mary Cheh’s bill to fix the enforcement rules for unshoveled sidewalks so DC can realistically write tickets. Now that Tommy Wells is chairing the committee, chances for passage are very good. Below is my testimony. Mr. Chairman, My wife has knee and ankle problems which have been a struggle for several… Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 2: Nancy Szemraj
At Friday’s hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement. Nancy Szemraj explained how her daughter was hit last June, while crossing Connecticut Avenue at Macomb Street, by a driver running a red light, and suffered long-term physical and emotional scars. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia all-in for roads
VA senate passes McDonnell’s roads plan; Wider roads top priority in new report; More “design by fire truck”; DoD should be chipping in for transportation; Evans unfazed by Snyder lawsuit; Development team selected for New Carrollton; Pepco frustration continues, MoCo eyes other options; More research says cities safer than suburbs for kids; Remembering freedom bus rides; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Fascinating juxtapositions
Diffrent Democrats’ attitudes on bike lanes; Different councils’ reaction to Walmart; Urbanist-economic bloggers discuss tea party article; Refute traffic engineers, get investigated?; Roundabout works, residents admit; New Hampshire could limit student vote; ICC to Georgia opening soon. Keep reading…
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Two views on road safety from east of the river
At Friday’s hearing, two community representatives from neighborhoods east of the river spoke about bicycle and pedestrian safety. Their views, though, could not have been more different. ANC 8A01 Commissioner Anthony Muhammad, whose district centers on Minnesota Avenue and Naylor Road in the Fairlawn neighborhood, criticized DC spending money on bicycle lanes… Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 1: Alice Swanson
Many people who had been hit while walking or bicycling, or the families of those killed while walking or bicycling, testified at Friday’s hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growth in Virginia
Smart Growth a success in NoVa; Virginia growth strengthens urbanized areas; Stafford wants to use UDAs to accommodate growth; DC Council hears about bike and pedestrian safety; MetroAccess customers face fare hike; Eisenhower memorial could have been Education plaza; Snyder mad over parking revenue?; ARRA spending on new roads is “squadered” money; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia tea party opposes less government regulation with anti-Smart Growth, “eco-extremist” hysteria
Claiming that “eco-extremists” want to force people to move into “feudalistic transit villages,” a Virginia tea party leader is attacking Virginia’s conservative House speaker for supporting a policy that loosens government regulation over development in some areas of the state. The policy, known as “Urban Development Areas,”… Keep reading…
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Frequent enforcement, better data needed for road safety
Today at noon, DC Councilmember Phil Mendelson is holding a hearing on bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement. Here is my draft testimony. Comments are welcome. Mr. Chairman, Last April, Constance Holden was bicycling home from her job at the journal Science when a military truck backed over her while setting up for a motorcade, killing her. The National Guard said that… Keep reading…