Posts about Virginia
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Breakfast links: Not here
Board says no to Wheaton gas station; HOT lane ramp pollution stirs opposition; NPS finds Jack’s replacement; This year’s bike lanes; Urbanism is not a fad; Movies by the ballpark; Pay for empty; The actual war on cars; Shorter Amtrak routes are best; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go at Metro
Faster Metro development; Sarles to 2016?; Transportation bill constitutional?; I’d hammer out a new waterfront plan; No victory for three feet; Watch out for expensive cars; People actually fed; A new standard; So close, yet so far; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A better ride
A sick route; Reliable railcars; Kubicek leaves WMATA; War on non-cars continues; US drives less; Hampton Roads only gets roads; Brown in the clear; Check out the new library; A hero to save us; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the waterfront
Who wants the FBI?; Gondola to Georgetown?; Camera camera works; The Warren Quarter; Narrow thinking on “safety”; Jury excuses killing cyclist; Eyes on the street, not?; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxes and cars
Get rid of the hybrid tax; Car taxes oddly rise; Downside of sales tax on gas; Graham slapped for ethics; See DC from space; Sequestration means…; The next taxi regulatory fight; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Follow the money in Virginia’s transportation bill
Virginia’s complex transportation funding bill, HB2313, is headed to Governor McDonnell for his signature and potential amendments. The bill is a prime example of political sausage, seeking to satisfy Republican and Democrat, urban and rural, transit and road constituencies. It also represents poor public policy by undermining the “user pays” principle,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your rights
Public or private?; Legal video; How downtown is like Downton; Sequestration looms; Fairfax trail closed a year; A studio in Fairfax; What’s in a license plate?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where real estate’s hot or not
Poplar Point for FBI?; Building in Ballston; Howard makes dough from real estate; Upper I-270 not so hot; Transportation plan reactions; Cyclist’s life worth $140?; Good things come from bag fees; Graham under fire; 3 neat apps; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia conferees reach flawed transportation deal
As the clock winds down on the 2013 Virginia General Assembly session, a conference committee has reached a deal to eliminate the gas tax, but impose a wholesale tax on gas, divert more general fund revenue to transportation, and charge a $100 per year fee on alternative fuel vehicles. Some of the new funding will go to transit and rail, but the lion’s share will go to highway construction. The… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plans for the future
Narrow here, wide there; Cycle track’s death greatly exaggerated; Sustainable politics; The future of Fairfax is smart growth; DASH gets bike racks; Sequester in the park; No longer in the zone?; And…. Keep reading…