Posts tagged Loudoun
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Breakfast links: Stand still or move forward?
Keep it short; Pay-by-phone arrives in Alexandria; Huge gains in DC biking; Vote on a living wage?; A better bike map?; A new Shaw; Deeds stabbed, son shot; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia highways
Dulles toll going up; Highway growth continues; Casino bidding war; St. Elizabeths pavilion opens; Should transit worker strikes be illegal?; Pedestrian and cyclist traffic deaths rise; Chicago passes Portland in biker count; London bans subterranean expansions; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moment of silence
One dead, two injured; Solving the Orange Crush; Walkability a civil right; Parkway won’t help Dulles; Cafritz project has long history; Have smartphone, will travel; Second-tier cities become green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Save money, live better?
Gray vetoes living wage bill; Were job losses exaggerated?; Walmart moves forward with stores; All-night Metrobus service possible; Metro employees protest background checks; Potomac Yard Metro design still unknown; Congestion in the Loudoun sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Biking for the win
Bike sharing helps close gender gap; Texas cities get it; Metro train kills student; MoCo pedestrian safety; Should DC listen to retailers?; Developer still thinks it’s TOD; HOT lane decision-making; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growing out and up
More local land-use control?; Silver sprawl?; Almost complete streets; Raising height limit could benefit architecture; State transportation bills pay off; DC helps the homeless more quickly; Rezoning is so much better in NY; Can everyone eat healthy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Northern Virginia picks transportation projects to fund
For years, leaders in Northern Virginia have been asking Richmond to let Northern Virginia raise its own money to spend on its own transportation priorities. They are finally getting the chance. When the Virginia General Assembly passed a broad new transportation funding bill earlier this year, it included a section letting Northern Virginia raise and allocate hundreds of… Keep reading…
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Bi-County Parkway sprawl would enrich key boosters
On the surface, the Bi-County Parkway/Outer Beltway controversy is about transportation. But it’s not. It’s about growth: where should it be in Virginia? The farms of Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier? Or along future Silver Line stations, and closer to the core? Some people stand to benefit from more outward growth, but not most residents of our region. The… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can you get there?
Loudoun schools limit bus routes; New standard for off-peak service; DC mortgage rates spike; MoCo protects trees; Too much parking at Medical Center?; Water crisis may hit Montgomery County; Taxi commission allows digital payments; Recognize the green mermaid; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit plans
Will anyone ride the Silver Line?; Anacostia streetcar comes into focus; Tear it down for the Purple Line?; Bi-County will make things worse; Blink and you’ll miss Logan Circle changes; More drivers go on trail; Sprawl or universities killed Detroit?; Stadiums are too pricey; Hang out with us tonight!. Keep reading…