Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: You break it, you buy it
Metro sues for Orange Line damage; Not the right route; No more E-Z perks; Vacuum chic not cycle chic?; Riders would pay for bikes on Amtrak; Speed cameras working, mostly; Commuters find a way around I-66; Thanks, states. Keep reading…
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Innovation resistance at Metro, part 3: Missing the forest for the trees
Unlike many other transit agencies, Metro has resisted encouraging third party applications that help riders, partly because they perceive technology from a top-down point of view, and from unrealistic expectations because Google is big and rich. But this obsession with control and getting revenue is causing Metro staff to lose sight of the bigger picture. Greater Greater… Keep reading…
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CPCA election delay brings “Unity.” Will it also bring unity to Cleveland Park?
The “Unity Team,” a group of candidates for Cleveland Park Citizens’ Association offices nominated by the previous leaders, has won election over the “Reform Slate” of challengers. Numerous residents including Jeff Davis, organizer of the group Advocates for Wisconsin Avenue Renewal (AWARE), criticized the previous CPCA leadership… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cutting back and cutting through
Cherry blossoms without Circulation; More park, less cut-through in SF; Dulles taxis unpopular; A tale of two Safeways; Parking far more subsidized; San Jose rail light but not rapid; Everybody wants the TIGER. Keep reading…
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Innovation resistance at Metro, part 1: The value of “bottom-up”
Yesterday, you saw the exchanges between Metro Directors Chris Zimmerman of Arlington and Gordon Linton of Maryland on open APIs and Google Transit. Linton wants to lock down all licensing issues before allowing new applications that use the bus position data (as NextBus does) or schedule data (like Google Transit), while Zimmerman advocated for “seeding” innovation… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumps in the road
Keep on Circulating; Bumps cause conflict in Chevy Chase; National Harbor II; No houses without massive road construction; MWAA, the Major Widening Aspirations Association?; Md. cameras will come slowly; Failing not bailing the housing market. Keep reading…
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The rest of the ghost bike story
Dave Stroup of why.i.hate.dc has tracked down the gory details of the ghost bike removal. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia transportation sticking points
Escape from Van Dorn; Widener Deeds vs. more widener McDonnell; Bad polling news for Fenty; Non-suck column; A more pleasant library; No parking at MLK; Parking better in Arlington; Ask Congress for $4 billion. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep on the grass
Catoe gets silent nay from Albert; Parking rites; Chicago free market acolytes create price ceiling; Pull ya car on up; Where the sidewalks end; The great park bench debate; Watch out for reply-all. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Statistics and reversals
Mode shares across the region; NextBus price tag: $15,000; ICC not free, people surprised; Catoe safe amid criticism; No giant bike; Stevens plan not pleasin’; F Street one-way plan on the way out. Keep reading…