Posts tagged John Mica
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Breakfast links: Act locally
Statehood stalled; Council calls; Big wins for transit; How it shook out in DC; Fund it all in Arlington; How will housing fare?; What’s in it for Metro; Mini Metro on mobile. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What WMATA is up to
Metro backs out of transit center; WMATA budget was easy; A patriotic SmarTrip; The rich parts of the Metro; Out of staters take local spaces; Market rate or a market?; Less intrusive government, only if you behave; TIGER roars; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paying for transportation
Agreement on transpo bill; No BRT soon; DC would not be alone; How to fix parking?; Cities grow; What about health care?; And…. Keep reading…
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GOP transportation bill’s new direction is the same old one
The transportation reauthorization proposal that House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica unveiled last week calls for $230 billion over six years, cutting 33 percent out of current spending levels. The plan maintains the current 80/20 split between highways and transit funding, supports state infrastructure banks in lieu of a national one, and expands the popular… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: It’s all about security, or something
Bike lane now a security threat?; Amount of Capitol parking is secret; Congressman discovers life without a car; Unlikely alliance opposes federal transportation cuts; NY state assemblyman micromanages parking; New York discovers single-line maps; Waistlines explode; Alexandria suspends taxis; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Precious on-street parking
Car sharing may get competition; Central DC parking spaces now have pay by phone; More on taxis; Ravtich Rhee-thinks Rhee-form; Transit site redesign a flop; Holy water denied; SF to LA, 32 hours on trains and buses; Mica’s district hates his plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Are private operations on the Northeast Corridor the means to an end, or just an end?
House Republicans have proposed “privatizing” Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, keeping the tracks publicly owned but contracting out operations to a private operator. But without more federal funds to improve the corridor, this won’t accomplish much. In order to take advantage of the roadways effectively, bus drivers — not to mention car… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s play politics
GOP would privatize Northeast Corridor; House committee would halt St. E’s; Bill has a few BRAC fixes; Gas tax holiday for holidays?; Bulova wants GMU precinct; Barry, Brown tussle; Carjackings raise questions; CaBi opens eyes; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Higher or lower
The rent’s too damn high; And…; Lewis: Ease height limits; Preservationist frets over views of fat sunbathers; Musicians soundtrack the Mall; Bus helps tardy man arrive on time; No more ped-bike funding?; Jakarta goes car-free some days. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Friction over lanes
Gabe Klein busts illegal parkers; Real economists get bike lanes; NYC BRT “creeps” downward; John Galt had a high-speed train; Idaho and New Mexico Stop?; DC’s heliport may reopen; FTC HQ Mica’s only priority; And…. Keep reading…