Posts tagged Press
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Traffic counting and parking: I’m quoted in the press
DDOT is upgrading their automatic traffic counting machines, to not only count cars but the amount of snow, temperature, sizes of trucks, and more, reports the Examiner. I told the Examiner reporter about the way DDOT can be great or terrible depending on who’s involved with a project, and ended up with a good quote:… Keep reading…
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FOX even distorts local issues
FOX News’ national media bias is well known, but being a Full Of Spin Zone apparently isn’t limited to the network bosses in New York. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Make BRT not war edition
Rapid buses coming rapidly: WMATA has a priority list of 24 corridors to get the rapid bus treatment including limited-stop express service and “signal priority” technology to hold yellow lights for buses, reports BeyondDC. Last night, Jim Hamre of WMATA presented details to Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit. Tops on the list for DC are the 16th Street… Keep reading…
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The parking front of the commuter “war”
Ryan Avent points out that on the same weekend the Post ran the awful Weiss article calling DC’s pro-pedestrian policies a “war on commuters,” the Post also reported that Tysons planners and developers plan less parking. Funny, I wonder why Weiss didn’t write about Fairfax’s “war on commuters.”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People aren’t so dumb edition
It might be well past breakfast for you, but thanks to fog in Boston and AirTran’s crappy customer service, I got home at 3 am last night, so it’s breakfast time for me. Keep reading…
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Transparently slanted Post article pits suburbanites against the city
Post reporter Eric Weiss went trolling for suburban elected officials to condemn DC’s pedestrian-friendly transportation improvements, creating an article that casts DC’s efforts to improve pedestrian conditions as hostile moves against suburban commuters. It’s a classic newsitorial, sporting this opening line: “The District is escalating… Keep reading…
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Anyone who disagrees with the Post is a “self-interested minority”
The self-interested minority at the Washington Post editorial page is urging the Council to build Klingle Road. Their arguments avoid almost any discussion of the merits of the issue. Like most of the opponents at the hearing, their main argument is: the Council voted before to rebuild the road, and so we should push on against all objections—and anyone raising those objections… Keep reading…
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City Council takes some stupid pills
It’s the most basic rule of economics - if something costs more, people will do it less, and vice versa. Keep reading…