Posts tagged Government
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Morning links: Back to school
Happy new year; Safer routes to school; Trucking along; WMATA’s on fire; I-95 lesson plan; Bullies in Tysons. Keep reading…
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Should urbanists be nervous about Vince Gray? Part 4: What the heck happened with the streetcars?
Chairman Vincent Gray is adamant: he supports streetcars. He’s always supported streetcars. He never stopped supporting streetcars. He has been to Portland twice to learn about how the streetcars work. If that’s true, then what happened on May 26 at 2:00 am? Gray has come about as close as a good boss ever does to pointing the finger at a subordinate. In particular,… Keep reading…
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Metro’s governance task force needs more sunshine
Back in May a group of business leaders formed a task force to look into how Metro is governed. Soon thereafter the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments appointed a group of former elected officials, staff and three current elected officials to join the cause. As a member of MWCOG’s Board of Directors, I voted against MWCOG’s involvement because I didn’t… Keep reading…
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MPD steps up traffic safety enforcement, outreach
After a slew of pedestrian incidents in the past few weeks, two of which have happened within a block or so of the Navy Yard metro station, the DC Metropolitan Police Department was out in force last night around Nationals Park, ticketing both drivers and pedestrians and giving people helpful advice on traffic safety. With more people taking note of the frequency of bicycle and… Keep reading…
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Should urbanists be nervous about Vince Gray? Part 3: Does Gray believe in Smart Growth?
This one is easy. On Smart Growth, Gray is on the right side. Sorry, antis. It’s true that many who oppose a growing city and think that a three-story townhouse is a skyscraper supported Vince Gray early, figuring he must be better than Mayor Fenty. However, they would be disappointed with a Gray mayoralty. Gray recently walked along Wisconsin Avenue from Tenleytown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Learning to share
Bike sharing the social way; Healthy employees are happy employees; Prince William County goes to the dogs; There must be an app for that; P is for Portland, but not for pedestrian; Newspaper page rage. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What a mess
Seat hogs rejoice; Murder is sooo 1991; As the crow flew; Stay right for cars; Cities of God and man; Atlanta express buses face shutdown; Fare hikes and the federal benefit; Third time’s the charm. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The bike Rorschach test
Prince William County still sprawling; Metro collaborating with programmers; Increasingly alone driving alone; The Lorax army; Not all buses are created equal; Yes, schools still matter; Underground Fight Club; DC a hard place for Latinos; Spinning up conspiracies. Keep reading…
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Metro needs calm, proactive hazard analysis
NTSB members’ emotional tongue-lashing of Metro last week may have been well deserved. But the NTSB critique also risks being counterproductive unless cooler heads prevail at WMATA, focused more on actual safety than on just responding to NTSB. NTSB’s safety recommendations are reactive, not proactive. They illuminate the facts of the crash, but are unhelpful… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up and down
And…; Power line problems; “Home Rule 2.0”?; No bus here; New ZCer already siding with feds; Watch a church evolve; Who’s the boss? (in Rockville?); Money for electric cars, none for transit?; Costco doesn’t need gas after all. Keep reading…