Posts tagged Government
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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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Let’s replace Cash-for-Trash with Pay-as-you-Throw
Does it seem fair that some households produce up to a dozen trash bags per week while their neighbors, who pay the same taxes, produce few if any trash bags but plenty of recycling and sometimes compost? That’s what happens in all Washington-area municipalities, but more than 7,000 municipalities nationwide covering 25% of the population have rejected this “cash-for-trash”… 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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TPB should stop stapling, start planning for sustainability
On Wednesday, the regional Transportation Planning Board heard a presentation on how the region needs to grow more sustainably to avoid out-of-control greenhouse gas emissions. They then voted to add numerous projects to the long-range plan that will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. The jurisdictions that submit projects also deleted a few, because the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today!
Bike to work, avoid dogs; Bye townhouses, hello parking?; On New York Avenue; More residential for Tysons; Oh great, loud grates; Know a hit-and-run driver in Frederick?; Soda tax? Probably not; MARC hits a new mark. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bikes, buildings, budgets, and bull
Cyclists, drivers, police, the usual; Bike bits; Kornheiser Jr.; Ward 7 project gets worse; Development dispatches; Fixing Kensington; Montgomery musings; CDC misled on lead. Keep reading…
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How many barriers is too many?
The concrete planters around the Hirshhorn Museum helped slow a wayward truck that crashed into the museum last week. This crash was not a deliberate attempt to attack the building. It was a totally freak incident which had never happened before. Although this will probably spur efforts to increase the security measures around the building, it really should be… 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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Afternoon links: Assault and speeding
Assault a bicyclist, get caught; More bicycling = less obesity; Parking to parklet; Ambulance calming?; Don’t be insecure: speed!; Robocars use less pavement; PPPs not practically perfect plans. Keep reading…