Posts tagged Pay As You Throw
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Breakfast links: Time for some traffic problems
Stuck in a jam; A world without farecards; Bikeshare riders brave the cold; Waiting for renewal; Fairfax forgoes McMansions for paintball; The war on rats; Foreign investment drives DC real estate; Metro’s track work schedule; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plans for the future
Narrow here, wide there; Cycle track’s death greatly exaggerated; Sustainable politics; The future of Fairfax is smart growth; DASH gets bike racks; Sequester in the park; No longer in the zone?; And…. Keep reading…
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Let’s replace Cash-for-Trash with Pay-as-you-Throw
Does it seem fair that some households produce up to a dozen trash bags per week while their neighbors, who pay the same taxes, produce few if any trash bags but plenty of recycling and sometimes compost? That’s what happens in all Washington-area municipalities, but more than 7,000 municipalities nationwide covering 25% of the population have rejected this “cash-for-trash”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Region of laws
Pay-as-you-throw in Frederick?; Ways to avoid paying five cents; Get a shorter vehicle or park it off the street; Faregates to accept credit cards?; Teens not in a rush to drive; And you thought the lines were long at the DMV; And…. Keep reading…
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Revenue increases should also internalize environmental externalities
This week, the DC Council will decide how to close a $190 million shortfall in the FY2009 budget, and discuss how to begin tackling the additional $150 million projected gap for 2010. Lawmakers are inevitably going to look for a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases. This morning, Jenny Reed suggested ending the special tax exemption for other states’ municipal bonds as… Keep reading…
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Morning links: A sometimes merry land
Support the Pike; From Secretary to Deputy Secretary; Wider, wider, wider; Planner argues stadium opponents missing the point; Crash means holes in the ground; Back in brick; Don’t drink and bike in Poland; Police fee? Streetlight fee? Why not a congestion fee?; The simple answer: Eliminate public transportation. Keep reading…