Posts tagged Virginia
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McDonnell’s roadblocks threaten Silver Line’s phase 2
Virginia Governor McDonnell says he fully supports the timely completion of Phase 2 of the Silver Line. Yet his administration’s political roadblocks are the biggest threat to the project. In a Washington Post op-ed this weekend, McDonnell wrote, “Unfortunately, the project has been marked by many controversies, ranging from escalated costs, the prospect… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Not going down
Long escalators aren’t worse; Where 5ers stand; Now Capitol Bikeshare, too; Disabled parking abuse rampant; What if… no height limit and crazy architects?; Beauregard a go; More room to eat your jumbo slice; Siding sidelines project; Plan transportation for Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Anti-transit ideology endangers Silver Line
Transit advocates should take heed of Steven Pearlstein’s insight into the battle over the Silver Line and fight back against the anti-transit ideology that lies just under the surface and threatens transit projects everywhere. This weekend, Pearlstein wrote in the Washington Post, “So what are we arguing about here? Politics. Ideology. Certainly nothing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass on the gas
Wheaton Costco may not get gas; H Street gets gas; Bus grows at rail’s expense; Silver Line not a priority outside NoVa; CaBi is infrastructure; Bad bike citations are common; Community survey cut; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: True or false?
Myth zone; DC homelessness rises?; Head of the class; 2% is not enough; Too neglected to fix; Trees and more change; Art in Alexandria; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Blues
Blue Line blues; Big ads on Metro; Reverse bike theft; Bikeshare comes to New York; Pricing confuses NYers; Where are the apartments?; Walk for rewards; Highways kill hats; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Afford to live here
Beauregard to change; Less housing, less affordable; Whole change; LaHood to the rescue; Few helmets on CaBi; Pedestrian malls through time; Can’t change gas prices; The hero we deserve. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Burn
Imhoff/Brizill house burns down; Cabbies behaving badly; Whose gax tax is it?; Preserve ze space; Flip the switch, save a bird; Why biking to school got rare; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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WAMU missteps with one-sided Outer Beltway story
WAMU’s Metro Connection aired a sadly one-sided story on Friday about long-debated, oft-rejected proposals to build an Outer Beltway across the Potomac, far from the region’s core. Positively, Metro Connection agreed that the piece wasn’t up to their standards, and the reporter has already added some of the missing side of the story. The original piece… Keep reading…