Posts tagged Reckless Driving
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Breakfast links: The 27% Solution
Dead heat; Gray wouldn’t resign; Will new residents matter?; Park, not parking; Rethinking Rosslyn; One capital tower; Clear snow in MoCo?; A different kind of biker crash; And…. Keep reading…
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Life is too important to give speed cameras a loophole
Vehicle speed kills. Even a small increase in speed can mean the difference between life and death for a pedestrian. But laws limiting speed camera enforcement make them less effective at making our streets safer. At 20 miles per hour, when a motorist hits a pedestrian, the pedestrian has a 90 percent chance of surviving the crash. At 30 miles per hour, the chance of survival has… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Our new reality
Changing habits with new cuts; Northeast maglev in 10 years?; No credit cards in some taxis; More people, more policing; Don’t expect speed from streetcar; Who wants the Pike streetcar?; Your brain on green space; Doctors’ responsibility in preventing traffic deaths; Lone Star biking; Even lower height limits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walkable, bikeable Virginia?
King Street turns towards peds; Bikes not part of a mosaic; More get on board with Metro; Another taxi app; St. Thomas mixed-use?; The camera fight to the north; Regions aren’t equal; States opt back in to trail funding; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s future
Prince George’s casino still possible; More white families moving into Prince George’s; Reckless councilmember, light punishment?; Bellevue library is pretty great; Feds ignoring homeless?; Traffic noise can give you a heart attack; Deregulation cut bus ridership?; And…. Keep reading…
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Councilmember’s reckless driving threatens public safety
Prince George’s County Councilmember Karen Toles (D–Suitland) is a habitually bad driver. Police recently stopped her for allegedly driving at 105 mph across multiple lanes of the Capital Beltway. This is only the latest example of the legislator’s dangerous pattern of disregarding Maryland’s traffic and public safety laws. Even more troubling… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit around the Beltway
Maryland big dogs stick up for transit; Loudoun waffles on Silver Line; DC gets more of Walter Reed; Will MPD respond to bike/ped concerns?; Drivers ignore school bus stops; Smith spent thousands against student; House will probe Gray campaign; And…. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Foolishness in Maryland
News flash: cheap parking encourages driving: Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight issued a report saying what we knew: the county’s practice of building lots of cheap or free parking undermines their attempts to encourage non-auto commuting. Councilmember Nancy Floreen wants to hear your thoughts. Keep reading…