Posts tagged Outer Beltway
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Experts should make technical decisions, not policy
From the WMATA governance debate to the 2030 Group’s transportation report, there’s been a recent push from business groups to convince elected officials to stay away from making decisions and instead leave the policymaking to “experts.” That’s dangerous. If you want to get cable TV, an expert cable installer knows which pieces of equipment… Keep reading…
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Surprise surprise: “experts” picked by road lobbyists put road building at top of priority list
The 2030 Group, an advocacy organization funded by some of Virginia’s longtime proponents of sprawl-inducing highway development, came out with a thoroughly unsurprising “survey” today that recommends the very same projects the organizers have pushed for years. The campaign engaged two of the region’s biggest advocates for the unpopular Outer… Keep reading…
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The sprawl lobby girds for another assault
Several times over the last 30 years, the Washington region has rejected a plan that would have gobbled decades of transportation funds to make our area much more sprawling and far less walkable, bikeable and transit-accessible. That plan was the Outer Beltway, an idea to grow the Washington region by using Houston as its model. While it’s appealing at first blush… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Lower rent, higher traffic
New Tysons housing more affordable?; Pushing for more traffic enforcement; Don’t count on Outer Beltway; More roads, more traffic; 4000 series causing problems; Some resist underground parking; What’s up with Alexandria’s waterfront?; DC man pushes Pepco for solar; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad ideas for more traffic
Creeping toward an Outer Beltway; Bolling plan panned; PG WMATA seat still lavish; CSX paying for Virginia Avenue tunnel; Blow to Medical Examiner’s office; Arlington likes it quiet; Will London get iconic bike map?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The road to disappointment
Loudoun wary of Outer Beltway; South Capitol plans disappoint; Md secures last ICC section; Pay-by-phone parking goes citywide; VA stuck with MWAA decisions; Good news for CaBi; Tysons could get colleges; Americans’ preferences are inconsistent; Google Maps wants your input; And…. Keep reading…
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MWAA: A public authority in even more need of scrutiny
This afternoon, DC Council Chairman Kwame Brown is holding a roundtable on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Gray’s nomination of Warner H. Session and Shirley Robinson Hall as 2 of DC’s 3 members of its board. Below is a draft of my testimony. Mr. Chairman, The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, known as WMATA or Metro, has gotten… Keep reading…
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Virginia insiders pulling bait-and-switch for Outer Beltway
After a long battle, it looks like the Virginia General Assembly will approve the Governor McDonnell’s borrow and spend transportation plan. Even before this plan has finally passed, state officials are poised to pull a bait and switch to add a controversial Outer Beltway project that wasn’t on the list of projects sold to legislators. The Governor’s plan… Keep reading…
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Anti-livability bill passes Virginia House committee
One of two bills that would base all transportation decisions on models that prioritize the fast flow of cars passed the Virginia House’s transportation committee Tuesday. All of Northern Virginia’s Republicans on the committee and several Democrats voted for the bill. HB1998 would make it state law to base transportation decisions on traditional traffic models,… Keep reading…
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Washington’s unbuilt highways
This is a map of the Washington that almost was. If mid-century planners, dedicated as they were to driving and the clearance of historic neighborhoods, had their way. It is a map of the highway network proposed for Washington during initial planning of the Eisenhower Interstate System, in 1958. Keep reading…