Posts tagged Spending Priorities
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Breakfast links: Metro madness and density duels
Skip the stop; Still too many short trains; Mort malfeasance?; Doesn’t want density; Putting out fires; Repect Rock Creek; The walking dead; Forget globally, fund locally; And the newest objection to bike lanes is. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spin
Crisis “management”; Cracks slow construction; Safety drill not up to snuff; What to do about murders?; More bikes, less congestion; Free rides for kids; A fair housing fix; Transportation conundrum; And…. Keep reading…
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A Maryland road widening will be more costly than the transit it replaces
Maryland governor Larry Hogan wants to build roads with money saved from cancelling the Baltimore Red Line and cutting back the Purple Line. The governor says the two light rail lines cost too much. But his marquee highway project, a wider Route 404 on the Eastern Shore, looks to be far less cost-effective than either. The Route 404 widening will turn 12 miles of two-lane… Keep reading…
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US infrastructure spending, in four charts
If you’ve checked the news on the subject of American transportation infrastructure lately, you’ve probably heard that the sky is falling. It’s true that Congress can’t get its act together and pass a decent transportation bill, but the amount of money that’s being spent isn’t the problem so much as the fact that we’re spending it on… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Disrepair
Crumbling roads, but new capacity; Speaking of crumbling roads…; How long for Metro repair?; Height Act bill moves forward; Rosslyn, where the Internet began; DC’s great divide; Underground sex industry declines; Taxi share; Free ride, no deadlines. Keep reading…
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In Montgomery’s transportation budget, wider streets are “pedestrian improvements”
As Montgomery County asks the state to spend more on transit within the county, its proposed budget pours money into sprawl-inducing highways instead, while calling road widenings near schools and Metro stations “pedestrian improvements.” Last week, County Executive Ike Leggett sent his proposed $1 billion transportation budget for 2015-2020 to the County… Keep reading…
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Does public assistance affect private spending?
Yesterday, we looked at how our expenditures vary by income, and an important question came up: Do the income figures include government assistance programs? The answer is mostly yes. Keep reading…
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See how housing and transportation costs hold the poor back
Everyone’s spending habits are basically the same. But rising housing and transportation costs hit low-income households hardest. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Get ready for 2014
Talk about upcoming elections in DC and Maryland, planning in Arlington, and find out how Vienna, Austria got its affordable housing at events around the region this week. Transit reporters talk politics: How will Smart Growth issues affect the 2014 elections in DC and Maryland? Tonight (Tuesday), the Action Committee for Transit will host a panel discussion on transit and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
No smoking; No challenge to Cafritz; Cracks in the Center; Romney would cut rail; The oaks are just too lofty; Trail tidbits; And…. Keep reading…