Posts tagged Tysons
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New Post columnist suggests circumferential Metro
Washington Post Metro editor Robert McCartney is the paper’s newest Metro columnist, replacing Marc Fisher. In his inaugural column, McCartney recommends (among other things) a circumferential Metro line around the region. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Back and greater than ever
I’m back; “Overgrown office park” to real city; More sidewalks coming, especially in River East; I-270 corridor residents want transit; Mixed-income areas boost civic participation; Arlington gets greener, transit opponents claim to be; Across the nation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Narrowing, tunnelling, and bulldozing streets
Suburbs going multi-modal: Fresh off the heels of Virginia’s cul-de-sac ban, VDOT plans to convert two lanes of Reston’s Lawyers Road into two bike lanes, plus a center turn lane. The Reston Association has also recommended reducing the speed limit from 45 to 35 miles per hour. For context, as recently as 1967, Lawyers Road was a one-lane dirt path. (Restonian,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Solutions on the horizon
Fix Baltimore yourself; Eurotrains ready to cross the Atlantic; Why Metro is greater than BART; Fairfax funding Tysons walkability; The last cyclist at Bethesda Naval has been silenced; Fenty kills lab, but person struck by vehicle; Experts push for transit funding; Arlington gets more buses. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: On track and on the trail
Controversial Vienna Councilmember loses by 2 votes; Single tracking wouldn’t work for the Purple Line; Dulles Rail money on the express track; Lost Washington: The Cabin John Trolley; Matthew Henson Trail about to open; Kiss & Park for Metro employees?. Keep reading…
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Vienna council candidate: “undesirables” mean cars, not people
Daniel Dellinger, candidate for the Vienna town council, recently stirred controversy by claiming that a proposed hiker-biker trail between Vienna and Tysons would bring “undesirables into our neighborhood.” Last night, I asked Dellinger if he would clarify his remarks. Dellinger responded today with the following:… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Visions of transportation
WABA action: restore Columbia Road bike lanes; Trail users “undesirable” to one Vienna councilmember; Making Thomas Circle a usable park; Baltimore Red Line fight looking a lot like purple; Cheaper gas changing little; Zoning Commission hears from proponents; DC unveils artistic bike racks; At least we’re not in London; People near transit own fewer cars. Keep reading…
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Metro reveals planned art for Silver Line stations
Today, the Metro Board will review proposals for public art at Farragut North and future Silver Line stations at Tysons Corner and Reston. Keep reading…
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Frontline examines imperiled watersheds and the Arlington solution
Last night, PBS’s Frontline aired a program about the threatened Chesapeake Bay. “More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, iconic American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound are in perilous condition and facing new sources of contamination,” they write. Our health and food sources depend on these coastal areas, but new pollutants are… Keep reading…