Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: More transit next week, less overall
Holiday transit; Rail ridership declined everywhere; Peter Craig, freeway fighter; Kaine’s biggest regret; Highways are socialism; Contributions drove Accokeek?; What killed the Vegas Monorail; Why not advertise to parking commuters?. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Governments and tweets
Sidewalk snow tickets coming in Alexandria; Nice job @DDOTDC; Examiner breaks word to Anacostia blogger?; Future VDOT head no transit hater; Happy holidays Zipcar; 5Q2; DC is growing, kinda fast. Keep reading…
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Zimmerman, Hudgins pushed for public discussion of budget
The WMATA Board discussed proposed service cuts for Fiscal Year 2010 as a surprise addition to the agenda last week, but they almost didn’t discuss it in public at all. They will be reconvening on Thursday, January 7th to discuss the proposals. There is some urgency to make the changes since the longer Metro waits to cut, the worse cuts (or fare increases) must be to balance… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Consequences of snow
Sidesnowpiles; Two pedestrians die; You can’t save a space; Post ignores own staff and blogs to get story wrong?; Free parking means no parking; Arlington in DC all along?; And…. Keep reading…
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Large buildings have no excuse for not shoveling
Property owners in DC, as in most other cities, are legally required to clear sidewalks adjacent to their property. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Digging out
Not the DC of yore; Metro back in business; CNN ascribes motives other than fun to snowballers; Heads gotta roll; Next train gadget; Bike sharing? That’s not roads, so bad!; Queen on the train. Keep reading…
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Residents want ped and bike Mount Pleasant Street
The Mount Pleasant ANC wants to transform Mount Pleasant Street into a “pedestrian encounter zone” and bicycle boulevard. Keep reading…
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Late breakfast links: Movers and shakers
Streetcars make landfall; Know where you are on H; Bubble in a donut; Bye bye billboards; Tax break narrowly approved; Hit-and-run? Oh well; Over in federal-land; And of course. Keep reading…
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New bill would create DC transit board
A bill introduced this morning by Councilmember Jim Graham would establish a new board to oversee DC’s Circulator and streetcar systems, routes and fares. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: See the location
ART in real-time; Mission accomplished for camera; What color would you pick?; Filling the hole; Drive-thrus are so 20th century?; Just $1.677 billion to go; Big cuts at the MTA; How is Washington, DC like an investment bank?. Keep reading…