Posts tagged Roads
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How planning staffers can advocate for best practices
A planner writes about how members of his profession can promote better practices in implementing urban policies. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Downtown Red Line closures begin
For downtown businesses and arts organizations, partial Red Line shutdown feels like a Scrooge move. Traffic, inadequate transit, and uncertain ROI top Alexandrians’ concerns over the stadium deal. Mayor Bowser convenes Capital One Arena task force. Keep reading…
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A grim correlation: Fewer walkers, but more deaths
The New York Times takes up the question of why pedestrians are dying at night. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC offers $500 million to keep Capitals and Wizards at Capital One Arena
DC officials fight to keep the Wizards and Capitals, offering $500 million to Monumental Sports. Chevy Chase ANC supports some housing at community center site. Maryland considers higher fees for EVs and hybrids to offset transportation funding gap. Keep reading…
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The ride was never free: It’s time to price our roads for health and climate
Road pricing policies reduce the adverse health effects of vehicular emissions on residents. Studies have shown the policy has reduced premature deaths, road traffic injuries, and childhood asthma where it’s been applied. A new report from George Washington University suggests DC, which struggles with persistent health inequities, is leaving health gains on the table. Keep reading…
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Do Something: The week of December 11, 2023
This week, you can Do Something about restrictive covenants in Chevy Chase DC, a bunch of bills that could make Maryland roads safer, and to help us do more in Virginia Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Youngkin pushes federal workforce return to office to boost Metro ridership
Wiedefeld lays out impact of $3 billion transportation budget cuts in Maryland. Study: Telework policies are bad for transit but good for diversifying federal workforce. DC’s hotel shelter program for medically vulnerable will close this month. Keep reading…
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National links: European Union seeks to ban large US-produced vehicles
European Union looks to ban large US vehicles. BRT and auto-centric land uses. $7.5 billion of federal funds for EV chargers but not one built yet. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Long Bridge receives $729M in federal funding for rail crossing
Virginia receives $729 million in federal funding for rail bridge. Some multifamily developers pivot to other types of projects. Maryland county executives anguish over $3B in transportation budget cuts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pilot study finds increased pollution levels near high-traffic roads
Pilot study finds air pollution variances across DC neighborhoods, identifying hotspots near high-traffic roads. Chesapeake Bay reports smallest recorded aquatic ‘dead zone.’ National Park Service fences off Georgetown ‘graffiti cliffs.’ Keep reading…