Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: Extend the lane
Ward 1 ANC supports bike lane; DumbBike after the snow; Eight feet for Seven Locks; Road rager gets 5; Montgomery’s density debates; Who can give the most?; SAD = Saw Avatar Depression?; And…. Keep reading…
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Jack Evans defends bag fees and meter increases
On Friday’s Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour, DC Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) answered questions about the new bag fees and meter rate hikes. Keep reading…
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Interactive budget tool could teach riders Metro tradeoffs
Los Angeles is facing a $400 million budget gap for next year, and has created an interactive tool to let residents play around with different levels of cuts and revenue increases to close it. The tool presents users with a set of choices for cuts to libraries, the fire department, capital projects and more, and potential revenue increases such as higher stormwater fees or selling… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buses boo
Was Metro negligent in keeping driver?; Ride On cutting too; Pruning vs. chopping; PG backs down on cameras; Only a month or two?; Yet another art debate; Taxi “anarchy”. Keep reading…
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The worst mainstream local articles of 2009
Yesterday, I highlighted reporters from the mainstream media who did a particularly good job of educating the public on urban issues in 2009. Most of the time, the mainstream press either provides good coverage of local issues, or fills the rest of the space with fairly bland stuff that repeats press releases or each other’s articles. But every so often there is a real… Keep reading…
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Give me a break: Tax incentives should be regional, not local
Yesterday, the DC Council approved a $6 million tax break for CoStar to move from downtown Bethesda to DC. To address criticism from small businesses and nonprofits that moving CoStar wouldn’t actually create new DC jobs since Bethesda is right on the Metro, the Council added several amendments to the deal. They now have to add 100 new jobs for DC residents, hire DC residents… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New policies for the new year
Meters go to 10; Stop the bad planning, New York!; Feed the kids local food; One fewer house; Right way to be bright; More than just red, yellow, and green; What technology could do. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Looking to history
Historic Walter Reed; Independence from B Street; Do you know?; Year of Sustainability; 5 mph less, 40% fewer deaths; And…; Thanks, Stephen!. Keep reading…
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The Transit Ombudsman: What’s bothering you?
I’m not a doctor, or a therapist. I’m just an activist, inspired by what our collective energy can achieve to help us get around the Greater Washington area efficiently and safely. Today, I introduce The Transit Ombudsman: A series of posts on issues that bother riders, where I will contact Metro to seek solutions. I will focus only on issues that are good bets… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Ending the year, beginning construction
MARC explains why not; Top ten for transit; Killed in Columbia Heights, injured in Rockville; Great Streets construction; Free speech on the Metrobus; Metro and the federal government, together forever; Tax abatements for Donatelli. Keep reading…