Posts tagged Rich Parsons
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Advocates debate regional transportation priorities
Yesterday, I joined Stewart Schwartz of the Coalition for Smarter Growth and Rich Parsons of the Suburban Maryland Transportation Alliance on TBD NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt for a “spirited debate” about transportation priorities for the Washington region: Keep reading…
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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…