Posts tagged Traffic
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NJ school discourages bicycling
A New Jersey high school’s environmental club raised money for a new bike rack on Earth Day, but their school administration replied that “it does not make sense … to promote the riding of bicycles to school.” Why? Because years of engineering surrounding roads for cars and nobody else has made it dangerous for walkers and bikers. Discouraging walking and biking… Keep reading…
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Greaterest Hits
First time here? Below are a few of the most popular posts from Greater Greater Washington recently: Transit Keep reading…
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Suburbanites enjoy amenities but have no time for them
The Post asked readers to write about what they loved about their homes, and Marc Fisher has a summary. Everyone, city and suburb, enjoyed public spaces and contact with neighbors. Only the manner of that contact varied from county to county, with more neighborhood restaurants and churches in Prince George’s, more intercultural interaction in Montgomery. Keep reading…
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Klingle rebuild probably dead
At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown is joining Mary Cheh (Ward 3) and Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) to oppose spending DC money to rebuild Klingle Road, the high-speed bypass through Rock Creek Park that we’ve done without for 17 years. City Desk calls the issue dead, as Brown, Cheh, and Alexander outnumber pro-highway Councilmembers Graham and Bowser on the relevant committee. Keep reading…
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Sleeper train: late night transit links
Politically difficult, congestion pricing nonetheless is probably a good idea, argues Fred Hiatt of the Washington Post. Keep reading…
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Hidden and sunk costs fool drivers
When weighing driving against public transit, people consider time, the stress of driving, and the possible discomfort of crowded subways or buses. When it comes to cost, though, it’s easy to go astray. Metro’s cost is immediate, while the cost of wear and tear on the car is only paid in repairs and eventual replacement of the car. That leads to faulty thinking like this… Keep reading…
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NY legislators fail to lead
New York’s state legislature decided not to hold a vote on congestion pricing last night, killing the plan and hopes for capital improvements in mass transit. The New York Times and Daily News excoriated the Assembly Democrats, especially Speaker Sheldon Silver, for not even having the courage to take a vote and stand up for or against the proposal. Keep reading…
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NPS considers less traffic an “adverse effect”
The National Park Service’s mission is to “preserve the natural resources of America.” Apparently, they consider traffic to be a natural resource. Keep reading…
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Klingle: Even more cars in Rock Creek?
San Francisco has the Embarcadero Freeway. New York has the West Side Highway. In both cases, nature forced the city to close a road which it would never have had the political fortitude to do otherwise. In both cases, residents realized they didn’t really need the road after all. Keep reading…
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Be Smart. Don’t Start (Your Car)
Ezra Klein and Ryan Avent ponder the political realities of educating the public on the harmful effects of sprawl and driving, and analogies to the campaign against smoking. For urbanites, there’s a choice every day and it’s clear that a little more convenient transit would reduce driving demand, but there are a lot of people out in the suburbs who don’t have that… Keep reading…