Posts tagged Massachusetts
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Breakfast links: Silver gets more green
McDonnell OK’s Dulles Rail contribution; Dulles tolls up; DC murders down, PG up; MoCo bag fee starts; Vending machine serves up safety; Metrobus crashes rarely fatal; Gyms move up. Keep reading…
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Real-time data enables amazing Boston bus art
Two self-described “cartography geeks” took publicly available real-time position data for Boston buses and created this image that’s part map, part piece of art: Keep reading…
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Weekend links: 10 years later
Lower Manhattan on the rise; Security barriacades proliferated; Pushing driver identified, defended; Snyder drops suit; Parks relieve stress; Ride Amtrak the luxury way; Almost-freeway replaces freeway; Sadik-Khan’s legacy: Lots of road projects; Boston bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Rent is too damn high
Simple steps to help affordable housing; Vancouver tackles homelessnes; Too much preservation?; Pharma company moves from sprawl to downtown; DC employees worried about transparency; EPA Smart Growth faces uncertain future; Parking lot to become green space; Grocery stores, “but for whom?”; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Streetcar head rides away
Kubly moving on; Beware the poll numbers; Boston columnist wants bikes banned; Cyclists race a plane during LA’s “Carmageddon”; Downtown offices getting pricier; Feds still building sprawl; And…. Keep reading…
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It’s a wonderful community meeting
Greater Greater Mom sent over this video from my hometown about the importance of participating in community meetings: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s affordable?
Housing project not-so-affordable for DC; To close a tax loophole?; Growing groceries; Got Metro opinions?; Jury’s still out on Sulaimon; A greenway isn’t enough; High(line) aspirations; Double-edged referendums; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cause to celebrate?
Osama death brings celebration, security; CaBi’s utility creates converts; Responsive Metro pushes bike cage; Chevy Chase a little less anti-Purple Line?; Safety rule strains track inspectors; No agreement on Nats’ Metro bill; MD cities, DC will tackle street runoff; Residents, tourists alarmed by rising tolls. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tough talk
Privatize the ICC? Huh?; New rules for big buses; Parking priorities; Education center & more for Ward 7; Gray pushes to keep solar promises; Transit demand will rise with gas prices; I’m an environmentalist but… around the nation; BART, a derailment and transparency; And…. Keep reading…
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“BRT creep” makes bus rapid transit inferior to rail
Can the US make Bus Rapid Transit work as well as Latin America? Tanya Snyder asks that question in GGW and Streetsblog. BRT systems in places like Bogota and Curitiba have narrowed the gap between bus and rail, producing BRT lines nearly as good as subways. If they produce such great BRT, why should American BRT be considered the little sister of rail? The answer is something… Keep reading…