Posts tagged Jim Lemunyon
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Virginia faces a weighty choice on transportation priorities
When Virginia chooses transportation projects, should it narrowly look only at what makes cars move faster? Or should it consider how each project will transform the region, and pick the ones that do the most for residents, the economy, safety, and quality of life? A state board will soon tip the scales one way or the other. In 2013, the Virginia legislature passed a bill adding… Keep reading…
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VA legislative update: Bike safety bills advance, while some still try to limit Northern Virginia
As Virginia’s legislative session continues, House Republicans are still trying to take local planning authority from Northern Virginia cities and counties. Two bicycle safety bills have moved forward. And Hampton Roads may get a regional transportation authority of its own. Bike bills seek to prevent “dooring” Two bicycle safety bills have passed… Keep reading…
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Was last year’s Virginia transportation bill a bait and switch?
Last year, Virginia legislators passed a bipartisan transportation bill that promised to give Northern Virginia the authority to plan and fund its own transportation projects. Now that the money is flowing, a bevy of new bills seek to wrest control of funding from locals, and send it back to Richmond. The issue is that some legislators feel the only way to solve Northern Virginia’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disappearing money
Money sinks into the hole; Alta workers launch petition; LeMunyon: No money for trails; Will MD drivers fill up in VA?; Bring your big boxes here?; Frumin pushes for neighborhood schools; How to legalize airbnb?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Playoffs?
Playoff costs and benefits; Don’t need parking; Driver hits kids on Walk to School Day; Don’t walk, says LeMunyon; Low income and bikeshare; Housing list may close; Study sees red; And…. Keep reading…
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Ties are a total waste; all gifts have to be video games
The Examiner ran an article Monday about the shocking news that a small share of a family’s gift budget will go to gifts for some family members other than the kids: Of the $11,200 the Thompson family plans to spend on holiday gifts over the next six years, $2,300 will be used for purchases other than video games, the chief concern of Thompson children. Thompson children… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Lots of hot air
Operation Cool Breeze not so cool; You can photograph the Baltimore light rail; Can Stessel unsuck Metro communications?; When jurisdictions vie for federal agencies; Induce and reduce the same thing?; Chinatown bus crashes, killing 4; Longer commute, shorter life; Former officials do the darndest things; And…. Keep reading…