Posts about Roads
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LaHood, Black, Fox and Alpert, live from Las Vegas
At 1:30 (10:30 Pacific), I’m moderating a panel at Netroots Nation with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, blogger Duncan Black (“Atrios”), and Radhika Fox of PolicyLink. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping it moving
Metro’s misfortunes; Blue Bus becomes Circulator 9/1; Bus stop consolidation very tough politically; BRAC imminent; Security sprawl; Washington Monument competition too modern?; Repeat after me. Keep reading…
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Life as a DC tour guide, part 1: Impossible schedules
Tourism, and the consequent presence of tourists, is a way of life in Washington, DC. But what does the perennial tourist swarm look like from the other side: the tour guide’s point of view? One of the most persistent complaints, both from DC residents and visitors, are about tour buses and the accompanying congestion. A recent letter by Senator Webb (D-VA) criticized congestion… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bears and hogs
Seat hogs article hogged Page One space?; ANCC still for the trail; ANC roars at Big Bear; DDOT to all be in one building?; Tattoo Vermont Avenue; Silver Line delayed?; New cameras, more money?; Bike bits; Are we the best?. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Against freeways
Anti-freeway on the radio; A really long block party; Google deletes a freeway; Tear down I-10 in NOLA?; Diets work, on roads; Let’s prevent ten 9/11s; Clever subway ads. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Council politics to development politics
Weaver’s ad; Kwame drowning in debt; Metro morsels; More highways; Tysons vs. whom?; Cooler buildings; In development, or not. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving earth
Politically in PG; And…; Did you feel it?; The line on Purple; An urban Wal-Mart?; Obama vs. sprawl; Oregon to bag the bags?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward, one step back
Good and bad news for Ward 7 development; Germantown ghost bike, investigation; Judge’s ignorance used against cyclists; Moses’ legacy alive at NY state DOT; More in New York; Our artiest, decoest building; Councilmembers Michael Brown?; Way too hot. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Happy hour tonight on H Street, plus Alexandria tour, open data, BRAC, Connecticut Ave
Tonight is the latest in our series of Greater Greater Washington happy hours. Join us at Biergarten Haus, 1355 H Street NE, starting at 6:30. There are happy hour drink specials until 7:00, but we’ll of course stay longer than that. You can get there by X1, X2, X3, X8, or B2 buses, bicycle, car, or if you have a time machine, go into the future, ride the streetcar, then come back… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Map to the secret
Amtrak as a subway; The secret’s out; “Sweeperscam”? “Robo-snitch”?; Norton news; Use creativity, not ART; Still off the MARC; “Increasingly difficult” to keep up; And…. Keep reading…