Posts about Budget
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Breakfast links: Openings and closings
WMATA opens bus data; DCPS closures and an opening in the works; CaBi won’t close for winter; Discovery to alter site plan; Pepco to cut your trees; Fairfax creating bike plans for Tysons, county; NOVa police to learn defensive driving; USDOT shuffles HSR money; And…. Keep reading…
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A toast to 2010: Top five Smart Growth moments of the year
2010 was a great year for smart growth. It was the year that biking, walking and transit communities really took off. And what a battle for Metro service we had! Here are our choices at the Coalition for Smarter Growth for the top five smart growth achievements from the last twelve months. Keep reading…
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Gray budget proposal eliminates DDOT “Unified Fund”
One provision slipped into the Budget Support Act in the middle of the night eliminates DDOT’s “unified fund,” which dedicates transportation revenues for transportation improvements. Why should you care about this esoteric budget management tool? The Unified Fund gives DDOT the flexibility to move projects much more quickly than in the typical government… Keep reading…
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Breaking: Gray DOES NOT cut streetcars
DC Council Chairman and Mayor-elect Vincent Gray and his staff have released their proposal for the FY2011 budget gap, and are not reprising the adventure of May 26: the H Street-Benning Road and Anacostia streetcars are still in the capital budget. This was the last financial hurdle to start the project, and the Council is expected to approve the streetcar plan as well today which… Keep reading…
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A fair budget includes a smarter tax increase
On Tuesday, the DC Council will vote on how we’ll close the District’s gaping budget gap. Grappling with a budget deficit of $188 million, that could balloon up to $500 million in 2011, the Mayor and DC Council have put virtually all city services on the chopping block. Human services, public safety, public education, health care, public works and the government… Keep reading…
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Streetcar passes markup, but under consideration for cuts
A DC Council committee unanimously approved the streetcar approval resolution at a markup session this morning, but sources say Gray’s budget staff and transition team are considering the program for cuts. Nothing has been decided, but the Gray’s Council budget office believes that they still need to make additional capital cuts for FY11 beyond those proposed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and security first
DC water is safe (?); Lawyers Road diet successful so far; Close the Washington Monument; Arlington mural generates federal suit; Metro ridership lower than expected; Malls have way more parking than they need; Virginia not solving road funding problem; Changes coming to Jones Point; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tensions on and off the bike
Enforce bike parking rules; Conflict is the bike story; Tensions in Hill East; Questions surround Big K site in Anacostia; A glimpse at MLK Memorial; More NoMA park responses; Raise my taxes, please; Toronto surrenders (to cars); And…. Keep reading…
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Got any big ideas for the DDOT budget?
DC faces huge budget gaps, and every agency is being asked to make cuts, most of which take a little from everything. For DDOT, do you have any ideas for bigger cuts that should be considered, or revenue increases to look into? The DC Council held a marathon hearing yesterday to listen to feedback on closing DC’s massive budget gap. Most of the witnesses just asked for specific… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big steps for Metro
Metro recommends Red Line fix; Metrobus changes coming; More open data in DC; Evans wants to bring ‘Skins back; Fairfax ponders road takeover; Federal pay freeze would add up in DC; Alternate Metro map poster for sale; DC owed millions in property taxes; And…. Keep reading…