Posts tagged Meter Rates
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Fenty budget raises Ward 2 parking meters to $3/hr
Mayor Fenty has released his proposed Budget Support Act, the annual package of changes to laws that implement the budget. One of the most significant changes not previously reported is that parking rates in most commercial areas of Ward 2 will rise to $3 per hour. The new rates will affect commercial streets around L’Enfant Plaza, downtown, Penn Quarter, Logan Circle,… Keep reading…
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Bethesda weekend parking: Still free, still too crowded
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett wants to increase parking tickets to help close the County’s $800 million budget gap. If the County is looking for parking revenues, it should also look at its overflowing weekend parking in Bethesda. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cleared to go
Omni Shovelem; MoCoCo approves; Meters are annoying; Oppose PG planner switch for justice; Alternative to bag fee? No; Free bus with your bread; Marriage Day. Keep reading…
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Jack Evans defends bag fees and meter increases
On Friday’s Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour, DC Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2) answered questions about the new bag fees and meter rate hikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New policies for the new year
Meters go to 10; Stop the bad planning, New York!; Feed the kids local food; One fewer house; Right way to be bright; More than just red, yellow, and green; What technology could do. Keep reading…
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Whiny press abandons all analysis when it comes to fees
Reporters try to present arguments objectively and fairly, but that doesn’t seem to extend to fees, tolls, and taxes, when it’s apparently totally fine to write an article for a professional newspaper talking about how much a new charge “sucks.” Either that, or else during the holiday break, all the good reporters and editors go on vacation. Those… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green places also have quick curbs, market-priced meters, and safe trains
DC’s “green” places; Giving with one hand, taking away with another; Track circuts keep breaking; Metro restricts info?; 270 bad for environment, political balance; Watergate sold! Or, nobody bids on the Watergate!; Business owner prevents customers from parking at meters; Maybe San Francisco will do it. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peas and carrots
Building a hotel? Build a bike station too; Council holds land deals; Spoil the land for the greater good?; Hope Park?; Don’t close ‘em, add concessions; Old buildings are green; Parking around the globe; Just a little bit. Keep reading…
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The high cost of bad parking arguments
Why parking is not like ice cream; The high cost of Rockville garages; The high cost of free evening parking; Vote Wonder Woman. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Decongesting our politics and our roads
Barry back in the news; We’re still riding, still need Metro; Bus locations copyright NextBus?; Chicago parked itself into a corner; It’s working for Philly; Paging Jim Graham; Paging Barbara Mikulski; Just National?. Keep reading…