Posts about Roads
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Dinner links: Budget spectacular
Examiner pays price for bad reporting; Meter increases under fire; Md. phone ban passes, 3-foot passing not yet; Group calls for regional cooperation; Whither Virginia Avenue?; Graham for transit, taxes; Stopping would be FABBulous; Congrats. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Law-abiding, at least in Jersey
That’s respect; Stop for pedestrians in New Jersey; Charges pending already?; Don’t drive, especially here; Close M Street in G’town weekends?; 2 school fires; PG’s missed opportunities; Old, white, retired people. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad people
Kornheiser disciple?; Not top employee; Not really “mixed use”; Traffic tests like a hydra; No I-80 tolls, no money; MD cuts repair, rejects transit “poison pill”; No cuts, more from jurisdictions, peak of the peak; Bronrott going federal. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making the connection
Anti pantograph?; More traction for Fair Share; Stay away from the Convention Center; Hans and the Gaithersbungle; Posting stats boosts safe driving; Tour buses and annoyances are back; And…. Keep reading…
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Poll finds residents want more transit, like Metro
A new Washington Post poll shows large majorities of residents favor transit expansion and are generally pleased with the quality of Metro. 62% of respondents said the region should focus its resources on “providing more public transportation options, such as trains or buses,” while 30% favored “expanding and building roads” (question 16). Residents… Keep reading…
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The green light never stays green
Joel sent along another auto industry propaganda video from 1954, “Give Yourself the Green Light,” via Jalopnik: “This is the American dream: a freedom on wheels. An automotive age, traveling on time-saving superhighways. Futurama’s free-flowing channels of concrete and steel.” Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Some things that are sadly not jokes
Didn’t see him, no consequences; NBC4 photographer hits cyclist; The worst gas station ever; Jack is for Chair, not on Twitter; New safety at New Carrollton; Bike swap and clinic; Things that are jokes; Tickets for getting doored. Keep reading…
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Historian discovers Masonic freeway conspiracy
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. In a recently published article, a local historian claims to have discovered hidden messages in the design of Washington’s freeways. The historian, Tyler Vanderschmidt, says that he has found evidence of a Masonic conspiracy to use freeway building to embed the symbology of the secretive organization in the… Keep reading…
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DC proposes closing 14th Street bridge nights and weekends to close budget gap
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. Mayor Fenty’s proposed FY2011 budget, released today, calls for a complete closure of the 14th Street bridge on evenings and weekends to save maintenance dollars. DDOT estimates that closing the 14th Street Bridge would save approximately $10,000 per day. Spokesman John Truthle says people will still be able… Keep reading…
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Bus drivers launch real-time texting traffic service
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. WMATA is launching a new real-time, eyes-off-the-road, traffic texting service today. Metro’s recent budget woes have led the agency to pursue both cost-cutting and revenue-enhancing measures. It has also given the agency impetus to look at its strategic assets in new ways. The agency identified its bus… Keep reading…