Posts about Links
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Breakfast Links: The cyclists are naked and rolling
Rolling stops in Loudoun: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office ticketed a number of cyclists last weekend who were participating in a muscular sclerosis charity event. In defending the citations for riders in the event who had slowed to 1 mph at a stop sign, Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson noted that “[t]hey forget the fact that they’re sharing that road with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast Links: Fe Fi Fo Fum
Cleveland Park Giant approved: The DC Zoning Commission has approved the long-proposed Giant redevelopment in Cleveland Park. The vote was unanimous, over the objections of the Cleveland Park Citizens Association. (Jaime, DCist) Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Don’t fall into the tunnel
Doors opening: Some Metro rail drivers are still opening the doors of 8-car trains too soon, leaving passengers in the last two cars facing a tunnel wall. “Virtually all improper door incidents occur because operators forget they are in an eight-car train, officials said, and don’t pull the trains all the way to the front of the platform. Instead, they are berthing… Keep reading…
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Afternoon Links: University vs. Residents
GUTS, or just GALL? The Georgetown ANC is demanding that Georgetown University stop running most of its GUTS shuttles on Georgetown streets, except on traffic-choked Canal Road and M Street. In particular, buses on Reservoir Road, a four-lane arterial, have drawn the ire of the Commission, with some residents complaining that the buses are “wreaking havoc on… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Meet Virginia
Walk Arlington; Bike the bridge; Plan VRE; Compare school redevelopment plans. Keep reading…
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Breafast links: More sustainable practices
5 cents for a bag here and elsewhere; Metro challenges include ridership crunch, “reputation deficit”; DoD budget includes Medical Center Metro entrance; DDOT will also improve 6th and Florida; Police under pressure to write tickets; Highway fund out of money, again; Rethinking the mall, or not; BaltWash SmarTrip. 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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Breakfast links: Withdrawal symptoms
Performance Diet Coke-ing; Delusional parkers; Cars and graves only; Ode to concrete; Sprawl harms our health; Post says “don’t stop”; Will Americans break the addiction?; And. Keep reading…
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Even more links: New perspective in the Old Line
Wilson Bridge trail makes connections; How about smart growth, not pro growth or no growth; Village green or secret courtyard?; Affordable Bethesda; To get Metro, Fairfax has to tax; U.S. calls timeout on ‘roadless’ forest projects. Keep reading…