Posts tagged Rosslyn
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Breakfast links: Is the Park Service serving us?
They control the parks, but won’t tell you which; Rosslyn boathouse may happen; The savage Mall; Please help pedestrians at RI Ave; Will Mayor Gray kill Smart Growth?; Wireless streetcars from Japan; Pentagon Metro won’t be so bad; Using trees to slow traffic. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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Why are Rosslyn-Dupont Circulator stops where they are?
On Tuesday, I discussed why the Circulator uses lower K Street routing for the Georgetown-Union Station line. I also had the opportunity to ask DDOT for their rationale for decisions around the Rosslyn-Dupont Circulator line. Why not stop on 19th Street directly in front of the Dupont Circle metro exit? By traveling up New Hampshire onto Dupont Circle and taking an… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Around the country
From blue to red; Checking out food; GOP for HSR; Wheels on the bus; Unhealthy commutes; All about EJ; 30/10; Red bikes. Keep reading…
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Why the Blue Line needs to keep calling at Rosslyn
When discussing capacity constraints at Rosslyn, some suggest truncating the Blue Line at to make room for more Orange Line trains at Rosslyn. However, that is not the right approach. For many commuters, the Blue Line is the quickest and most direct route to get to work. From Alexandria and points south and from southeastern Arlington, trains take riders directly to the job centers… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s easy being green
Zoo listens to us; Green plan, needs green money; Planning Department veggies; People and things bumping cyclists; Rosslyn’s temporary plaza; The art avenue; X marks the cuts; Vote in Congress versus home rule. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Light rail’s supporters
FTA supports domestic streetcars; Preservationist supports overhead wires; UMD students support Purple Line; VRE getting express, not longer trains; Circulate more this fall; 8 feet long, not wide; Bike Greenbelt. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Things to oppose, to support, to do
Giant billboards at Gallery Place?; Should Georgetown dream of seceding?; Support bag fees in MD; Hear Monument Wars author Savage; Alexandria dispatch: Bikes and BRAC; Visit Arlington, go to summer 2009 festival; Who you calling a gentrifier?. Keep reading…
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WMATA Board meeting this morning
The WMATA Board will meet this morning. The Finance committee will be discussing a Rosslyn station entrance, at-will employment, the 10¢ fare increase, the capital program, and then the FY2011 budget. The Customer Service, Operations and Safety Committee will then discuss the artwork and on-time performance; it doesn’t appear they’ll discuss snow or… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and/or parking
College Park should be green; Solar Decathlon; Parking pushback; Green(ish) parking; No grid for Benning; “Racial” arguments make HOT suit hotter; Circulator to Rosslyn?. Keep reading…