Posts tagged Route 1
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Breakfast links: Metro plan reactions
Can Metro get its billions?; Build high to dig deep; Police harassed sexual assault victims?; Alexandria to ax bike registration; Cafritz in trouble?; Credit card readers delayed; Hill East gets one bid; Oregon Avenue won’t get bike path; Runaway train never going back; And…. Keep reading…
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Small steps can help bicycling in Virginia
The Virginia legislature is gearing up for its annual session. Each year is an opportunity for the legislature to fix some of the ways state law fails to provide even some of the most basic protections for cyclists, protections which exist in most other states. For example, Virginia has no law requiring drivers to “exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian or… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bound to happen
Where the rubber meets the road; No Alexandria streetcar?; 2 candidates announce; Improve before CaBi; More taxes, please; Passenger could reopen after a ride; Someone’s listening; Toll debt; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Too little and too much
Too little Metro yesterday; Potomac Yard Metro could be pricey; Leggett says MoCo tapped out; Still committed to Route 1 streetcar; Bike lines to disappear and reappear; Height limit a “shadow tax”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the trail’s at
Finish the Met Branch; Bike progress in Herndon; Light rail plans in Maryland; Rejection defended; On the waterfront; GOP on transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the move
DC taxis get smart; Quicker buses?; Testing new smart cars; Bike lanes not enough?; Arlington shows off streetcar plans; Europe’s segregated cities; And…. Keep reading…
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Route 1 widening would divide Fairfax communities
The US Department of Defense has approved a $180 million plan to widen Richmond Highway in Fairfax County. The proposal is unlikely to reduce traffic over the long term. It’s more likely to harm the community character, degrade historic sites, and make traffic worse. Moving so many jobs to Fort Belvoir, far from effective transit, was a mistake in the first place. Unfortunately,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Problems addressed
Ride On pulls buses; Better service for some; Finish the trail; Music for Metro; One large car sharing fleet; Viva la streetcar; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people want
No retail at Fairgrounds; What would you build?; MoCo BRT sleek, ambitious; Rent hard to control; Pay for school; Too much conflict and not enough; Rush+ gets limelight; Less is more; And…. Keep reading…