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Lunch links: Three steps forward, two steps back edition
Arlington moving toward performance parking: Arlington’s recently-approved Master Transportation Plan includes a policy of making meter prices “vary by hour and location to better match parking availability and demand.” county staff said a detailed proposal is in the works and may be approved by the County Board in December. (Infosnack HQ)… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: The many faces of government edition
Meet the bubble bus: WMATA released images of their new Metrobuses, slated for service in August. DCist has more. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Against stupidity edition
Still stuck in the 1960s: The Takoma Park City Council voted to keep spending city resources fighting a plan by WMATA and EYA to turn the big parking lot and dead space around the Takoma Metro into townhouses and a “village green.” They’re right that the townhouses have too much parking—two spaces per house, in many cases—but wrong about “green… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Doing it better edition
S is for slow: At last night’s public meeting for the S1/S2/S4 buses, participants suggested limited-stop service, removing parking for bus-only lanes, and fewer stops (in Columbia Heights, there’s a stop almost every single block) were among the suggestions. (Post) Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: more bike safety and streetcars edition
If wishes were offices: At yesterday’s streetcar hearing, David Catania argued that a line to Bolling will create economic development in Anacostia, and that a future extension to National Harbor is in DC’s best interest. Richard Layman delves into this issue more deeply and concludes: maybe, but probably not, and we should have some economic analysis before blindly… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Make BRT not war edition
Rapid buses coming rapidly: WMATA has a priority list of 24 corridors to get the rapid bus treatment including limited-stop express service and “signal priority” technology to hold yellow lights for buses, reports BeyondDC. Last night, Jim Hamre of WMATA presented details to Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit. Tops on the list for DC are the 16th Street… Keep reading…
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Late night links: familiar battle lines edition
Moran, Oberstar defend transit: Virginia’s Burke Connection covered Monday’s town hall meeting in Tysons. Oberstar, the chair of the House Transportation Committee, got most of the quotes in the article, defending light rail and criticizing the federal funding formula which ignores many factors. And, like all pro-transit officials, he expressed a clear hope that… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People aren’t so dumb edition
It might be well past breakfast for you, but thanks to fog in Boston and AirTran’s crappy customer service, I got home at 3 am last night, so it’s breakfast time for me. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Building one freeway, tearing one down edition
Formula sunk the ICC bike trail: The WashCycle has more details on why the ICC bike trail was dropped for “environmental reasons”. It’s another example of stupid, overly narrow federal funding formulas that lead to distorted outcomes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: thanks for emailing tips edition
Sausage makers talk trains: Northern Virginia’s Congressman Jim Moran is holding a town hall on called “From Roads to Rail” on Monday evening, July 7th in Tysons. House Transportation Chairman James Oberstar will speak too. Thanks bfox! Keep reading…