Posts tagged Safety Regulation
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Bow hunting in a suburban neighborhood: Is it wise? Safe?
When my family moved from Alexandria to West Springfield, we figured our home’s walk score would fall. What I didn’t expect was to stumble upon an official sign with a warning about county-sanctioned bow hunting in the middle of my neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: SafeTrack extends its stay
SafeTrack slower than expected; Water taxis get real on service; Maryland might lose Uber; Stadium redesign; New Communities slow to start; Kaya’s contractor commotion; The plan is all about PPPs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sunday service for the streetcar
More streetcars, and Sundays too!; Construction contract triggers resignations; Families fight to stay in Brookland; Metro promises better track inspection; The forgotten national parks; High-priced homes; MoCo wrestles with Airbnb rentals; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blitzes and bans
Metro’s got more than 99 problems; Now ban the other box; Co-op opt out; Energy bills, bills, bills; Fire on the mountain; Fighting words (on license plates); (Development) stop requested; Cycling at a crossroads; Sounds like progress; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Priorities
Creeping back to normal; New Olympic sport; See something, shovel something; Bikes are not a priority; To the skies; The sharing economy digs out; Where does all the snow go?; Where’s the beef?. Keep reading…
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Many buses have built-in blind spots that make driving them dangerous
A lot of people want to make Vision Zero a reality, ending preventable deaths on our streets. An often-overlooked barrier to making that happen is blind spots on our buses that leave people using the street at risk because drivers can’t see them. The good news is that fixing the problem is both easy and inexpensive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving, moving, moving
Move to Largo; Wooing Marriott; No more MARC and VRE?; No money for Baltimore; Happy, but noncommital; New start for College Park; Tree hugger; NY ❤ Uber; Too much parking. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: May day
Budget math; Fare skipping; Baltimore’s deep-rooted problems; Successful service; CaBi workhorse; No parking history; How we commute; Good transit, strong economy; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tracking violence
Who should investigate the police?; Homicide Watch shuts down; Streetcar holdup over safety; The year in cities; Jim Graham’s years of service; Tolls start on I-95; “Visionary” needed in Montgomery; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit trials
Plans for BRT; Study first; Should busking be allowed?; Less transit regulation?; Faster transit projects; A city without slums; A better bus stop; And…. Keep reading…