Posts about Roads
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The worst mainstream local articles of 2009
Yesterday, I highlighted reporters from the mainstream media who did a particularly good job of educating the public on urban issues in 2009. Most of the time, the mainstream press either provides good coverage of local issues, or fills the rest of the space with fairly bland stuff that repeats press releases or each other’s articles. But every so often there is a real… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New policies for the new year
Meters go to 10; Stop the bad planning, New York!; Feed the kids local food; One fewer house; Right way to be bright; More than just red, yellow, and green; What technology could do. Keep reading…
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Our favorite mainstream local reporters of 2009
You read about transportation from Greater Greater Washington and other blogs, but most residents of the Greater Washington area still learn about traffic and transit from the “mainstream media” of print, TV and radio. That means the quality and balance of reporting in these media outlets matters a great deal. Good reporters find out details that they can’t… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Looking to history
Historic Walter Reed; Independence from B Street; Do you know?; Year of Sustainability; 5 mph less, 40% fewer deaths; And…; Thanks, Stephen!. Keep reading…
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Whiny press abandons all analysis when it comes to fees
Reporters try to present arguments objectively and fairly, but that doesn’t seem to extend to fees, tolls, and taxes, when it’s apparently totally fine to write an article for a professional newspaper talking about how much a new charge “sucks.” Either that, or else during the holiday break, all the good reporters and editors go on vacation. Those… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy New Year
A growing city; Charles County sprawlway; The ridership is right; C for yourself; Busted!; Is that multi-state inter-agency cooperation I see?; What’s driving business?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put your hands up for Detroit
Seed money; Honey, I shrunk the city; Something to be MADD about?; Spic-and-span; The year in development; Running away from consequences. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cry me a river, build a bridge
Ch-ch-ch-ch changes; Streets are for cars, dummies; A safer city; Too old to drive?; Distracted driver kills cyclist, pays $313; One road begins, another ends. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stalled and crashing, but not burning
Pie in the Skyland; ACT calls out MoCo DOT; More top ten, this time in Maryland; Steps toward TOD; A nickel and two dimes to save commuters time; Crash course. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: How are the trails? And talk about traffic calming
Reader Simon asks, Keep reading…