Posts about Roads
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the surface
Adaptive reuse for potholes; Irate riders and serious policy ideas; VRE sets a record; The unappealing plan vs. the impractical one; Neighbors jab at Boxer Girl; Win a Nobel, get free parking (not free transit); “Complying” with the ADA. Keep reading…
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High ICC tolls show how expensive new freeways are
Many drivers are experiencing sticker shock at the proposed toll rates for the Intercounty Connector, up to 35 cents a mile during peak periods. The proposed toll structure is more expensive per mile than the turnpikes in neighboring New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and existing tolled portions of I-95 in Maryland. According to the Post, “the next-most expensive would… Keep reading…
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What are we getting for $5,000,000,000?
With so much discussion focused on getting more money for transportation, a little perspective is helpful. As Ashley Halsey reported in yesterday’s Post, Northern Virginia has $5 billion in transit and road projects currently under construction. But this $5 billion, all agree, will do little to ease congestion or shorten commutes. As every motorist knows, the traffic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better data for better choices
Visualize your Walkshed; “Mapathon” will create open Atlanta map; “Bike There” soon on Google Maps; Streetcar meetings near you; You could kill yourself or someone else; The endless bike lane debates, NYC edition; Pick your car-tone?; The anti-Farmers Market crusader. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Those crazy economists
Freaky congestion pricing; Pricing’s defenders; E-ZPass is good for babies; Drunk walking the real scourge?; Waste our money on parking or we won’t lend it to you; Driving phone ban is working; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and/or parking
College Park should be green; Solar Decathlon; Parking pushback; Green(ish) parking; No grid for Benning; “Racial” arguments make HOT suit hotter; Circulator to Rosslyn?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Students getting around
Elementary public works; Fairfax teens can use the bus; Even underground isn’t good enough; Mean streets and tracks; Is congestion pricing bad for the environment?; New MDOT chief more focused on transit?; Register your car already. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tragedy of the anti-commons
The Grinch stole playtime; Green line severed; Declining ridership means cuts; Tougher penalties for phones than booze?; Franklin School RFP; Another driverless car. Keep reading…
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Excessive auto infrastructure gets attention
Fox 5 picked up the Medical Center “Secret Plan” story last night, with a short segment during the evening news. Yesterday, the Examiner’s Bill Myers covered the issue, noting that he read about the controversy here on Greater Greater Washington. Fox reporter John Henrehan reached out in the comments to interview me and also ACT’s Ben Ross:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburbs aren’t all the same
Not a safe route yet; Les banlieues américaines; Farmer’s Market … to go; The obvious (finally); Arlington an oasis; Race to the bottom; Transit planning in a recession. Keep reading…