Posts tagged Traffic Cameras
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Breakfast links: Worrying about parking
Chevy Chase building draws a fight; Evans demands parking privileges; Make cars louder?; FTA fixes funding priorities; Baltimore gets new cameras; Cancel games, lose revenue; Corporations ride free?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From Z to A
Avis buys Zipcar; Or will Avis kill Zipcar?; Metro announces inauguration service; Pricey passes not a hit, not surprisingly; Generous camera illegal?; Amtrak wants lighter trains; Transportation tops MD agenda; What DC Council travel costs taxpayers; New oversight; And…. Keep reading…
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Speed camera bill now would make streets more dangerous
Tomorrow, the DC Council will take its second vote on its bill to lower speed fines. It’s likely to pass, given that it passed unanimously on first reading, but it contains some extremely dangerous provisions, including one that would force the District to set speed limits based on the “engineering perspective” over neighborhood livability. ANC 3E goes… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Push back
Councilmembers hate taxi colors; Juvenile arguments on policy; What’s endangered; Amtrak returns to Norfolk; Walter Reed intersection keeps expanding; Fine camera operators for errors?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and non-votes
DC Council votes; Tysons tax vote pushed back; Olson “too Arlington” for PG?; Gray not into autonomy vote; L Street lane opens, M is next; A “bike beltway” for Towson?; Court hears psychic’s zoning challenge; Not throwing stones; More infrastructure $?; And…. Keep reading…
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Sausage machine generates great contractor parking bill, enfeebles speed camera bill
Today, Mary Cheh’s DC Council committee, which oversees transportation, is marking up 13 bills on topics from Bloomingdale flooding (affected homeowners can get money) to recycling demolished building materials (contractors have to do it). 2 we’ve been closely following have changed significantly in this round: one to let contractors park on residential streets,… Keep reading…
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Don’t let affordable housing become a victim of speeding
It doesn’t seem like there would be a connection between the amount of affordable housing DC builds, and the cost of a speeding ticket. But those two things might become directly connected this winter. Last week, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute revealed that the Gray administration plans to pay for lower fines with $25 million in “unexpected revenue,” the… Keep reading…
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Gray slightly tweaks camera fines to stave off larger change
This morning, DC Mayor Vince Gray proposed some changes to the District’s speed camera fines. It seems to be an attempt to stave off more significant changes in a bill from Tommy Wells and Mary Cheh, which is having a hearing on Monday. Gray’s plan would lower fines for speeding up to 10 mph from $75 to $50, though MPD is generally not writing tickets for speeding at this… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better data
DASH gets real-time; AAA camera attack misses context; The poll of everything; Bring cycle tracks to Georgetown?; Check your ballot; Seniors leave the area; Brooklyn Islanders; Amtrak speeds up in the Midwest; Dutch bike lanes may warm up. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Busy busy legislators
Microgrids for MoCo?; Accessories get the nod; Tougher rules for scooters?; car2go hits 6,000 trips; Arlington taxis have company; Prince Georgeans want hens; Development drives Alexandria race; Camera revenue numbers mean little. Keep reading…