Posts tagged I 66
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Breakfast links: Revitalize vs. regress
Wider sidewalks for Georgetown; Chinatown sans Verizon Center; The future of Howard Theater; Homes for “grandfamilies”; Montgomery’s share of the Purple Line; Transit talk for I-66; Accident becomes crash; No more NextBus; Bet on education; Metro makes the news; Fair on housing and crime; Less zoning, more housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Costly delays
Slowly to Silver; Metro opens (the wrong) doors; The region on widening; Farragut v Franklin; Bike bills in legislation; A different kind of smoke; Diagnosing DC FEMS; Ban the Box going strong; Tickets for taxis; Weigh in on WMATA funding priorities. Keep reading…
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I-66 widening will happen soon whether it makes sense or not
Virginia Governor McAuliffe announced today that I-66 will become one lane wider eastbound inside the Beltway, from the Dulles Toll Road to Ballston. That changes previous plans to hold off on widening, to give transit and tolls a chance to ease congestion on their own. Keep reading…
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For I-66, outside-the-beltway lawmakers say “toss the facts, widen baby widen”
A group of Virginia state legislators from outside the beltway are urging Governor McAuliffe to widen I-66 inside the beltway, rather than go forward with VDOT’s transit and tolls proposal. But years of data say the multimodal proposal would be more effective. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to dig out
Snow’s aftermath; How much snow? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯; At least the power’s on; Uber through the storm; Storm’s financial toll; Build affordable or pay up; I-66 debates; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Snow daze
Winter is coming; Transit shutting down; Bowser will stomp this snow; How 1 inch of snow was so bad; Paid leave in limbo; I-66 HOT mess; Alexandria’s transportation funding; New building at UDC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Snowlock
No salt, no service; Snow status; Metro steadies for snow; No veto for I-66; Know thy neighborhood; Trail for Fort Lincoln?; Online underground; Middle-sized housing is missing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride a mile
In riders’ shoes; Metro-oriented development?; VA’s transportation priorities; Vision Zero in Montgomery; Too much trash; Soccer schemes; Affordable in Virginia; The risk of walking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit calls and compromises
Talk to Wiedefeld; Betting on BRT; End of the line; H and I help K; Don’t phase away; Maglev moves forward; Mayor Mosby, maybe; Regional economy blues; And…. Keep reading…
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How downtown parking is like your smartphone
Would you rather pay $27 a month or $2.50 a month for your phone? A lower price means more dollars in your pocket, right? But what if one of those were an iPhone and the other a flip phone? Keep reading…