Posts tagged Mwcog
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Breakfast links: Have plans, need money
Region brimming with streetcar projects; Virginia needs rail money; Fenty wants to surplus Franklin School; Shaw Library draws accolades; Affordable housing saves more than money; Frederick bridges in great shape; Big box retail moving into cities; From ballpark to snow park; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Things change, things stay the same
Taking on the Height Act; “Urban plaza” proposed for Tysons; Twinbrook TOD stuck in neutral; Signs, they are a-changin’; Federal government increases telework options; DDOT portal more cool, less useful; Community radio held up by commercial lobby; Breathing your neighbor’s smoke; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving along
DC area to start TIGER projects; 15th St. bike lanes almost complete; Long Branch starts to deal with reality of Purple Line; Why PG is corrupt, McCartney version; Transit benefit preserved; Montgomery launching snow map; I-395 project gets another face lift; AAA: Stop hating on bikes and peds; And…. Keep reading…
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A toast to 2010: Top five Smart Growth moments of the year
2010 was a great year for smart growth. It was the year that biking, walking and transit communities really took off. And what a battle for Metro service we had! Here are our choices at the Coalition for Smarter Growth for the top five smart growth achievements from the last twelve months. Keep reading…
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TPB staples $3 billion 270 widening into plan, ignores MARC
With little notice and virtually no public input, the staff of the Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board have slipped the controversial, $3.4 billion I-270 widening into the region’s long-term plan while ignoring other alternatives and more pressing transportation needs, like MARC. The TPB is the official Metropolitan Plannning Organization… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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TPB’s “aspiration” means HOT lanes, more pollution
Today, the Transportation Planning Board will hear a plan scenario for a major expansion of highway lanes outside the Beltway, coupled with road pricing, BRT, and some concentration of development in “activity centers.” The plan scenario tries to bring evaluates the possibility of bringing road pricing, a controversial yet valuable idea, to the Washington region. Variably-priced… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety costs
Closures on the Red Line; Mayoral candidates on long-range planning; Let there be new energy efficient lights; Paying the price for safety; Charm City Circulator not so charming; One stop tranportation info shop; Turn right at the new paradigm. Keep reading…
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Will bike sharing get a boost from TIGER II?
When Capital Bikeshare launches later this year it will have about 1,100 bikes. That’s going to be great, but how much better does a 3,600-bike system sound? On Friday the Transportation Planning Board (TPB) submitted a grant request through the TIGER II program to dramatically expand Capital Bikeshare. In addition to the 1,000 bikes in DC and 100 in Arlington that will… Keep reading…
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Metro’s governance task force needs more sunshine
Back in May a group of business leaders formed a task force to look into how Metro is governed. Soon thereafter the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments appointed a group of former elected officials, staff and three current elected officials to join the cause. As a member of MWCOG’s Board of Directors, I voted against MWCOG’s involvement because I didn’t… Keep reading…