Posts tagged Route 1
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Breakfast links: By the numbers
Gray vetoes budget; Pedestrian barrier for Route 1; How to pay for Phase Two?; Region falls behind in job growth; Buy DC land, build affordable housing; Housing trouble in Chinatown; Milloy doesn’t back down; Like riding a bike; Can’t buy booze in New Hampshire; And…. Keep reading…
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The DC region has over 250 miles of planned light rail, streetcar, & BRT
What do you get when you plot onto a single map every known light rail, streetcar, and BRT plan in the DC region? One heck of a huge transit network, is what. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bridge and tunnel crowd
Darkness at end of the tunnel; Build your own bridge; Rework track work; Metro for cars?; Turn it on; Lots of benefits; Don’t tread on my transit; Not a bike mecca any more?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cross with care
College Park focuses on pedestrian safety; More transportation options for young people; CityCenterDC only for the wealthy; Blame the canal; DC issues bad parking tickets; Farmers’ markets face red tape; Time changes Howard Theatre; Sell your house; And…. Keep reading…
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Fairfax’s answer to neighbors’ transit plans: Light rail, streetcars, and BRT
Not to be outdone by its neighbors’ aggressive plans for rail and BRT networks, Fairfax County has an impressive transit plan of its own. Keep reading…
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How can Virginia balance traffic flow with a sense of place on Route 1?
A study of Virginia’s Route 1 finds that people want “to create destinations, … not a throughway.” They also want better pedestrian and bicycle safety, and really want transit, but they also want to see traffic flow faster. What’s the best way to balance these? Keep reading…
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Bus rapid transit, light rail, and a longer Yellow Line are choices for Route 1
Better transit could one day come to Virginia’s Route 1 between the Beltway and Woodbridge. A transit study looked at transit options and narrowed down the choices to curbside or median Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), light rail, or a hybrid of BRT and extending Metro’s Yellow Line. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation piggy bank
Chipping in for Metro; Funding transportation with tax reform; Down on the corner; No fly list; No parking for these U Street residents; Stop pop-ups vs. stop NIMBYism; Gentrification angers Spike Lee; Fort Belvoir’s spillover effects; Arlington roads in poor condition; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 2 Mount Vernons, many visions
Spa in NW, poor in Anacostia?; Mount Vernon v. urban blight; Expanding transit beyond Metrorail; Nonprofit tax exemptions fading; MGM casino coming 2016; Surge into the New Year; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…