Posts about Virginia
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Breakfast links: Better biking and those who fume at it
L Street lane could get a curb; Benches, CaBi at Commerce Department; AAA vs. safe driving; DC #1 at not being like Texas; Cuccinelli’s gas tax plan; Miller intros transportation plan; FBI would hurt Loudoun?; And…. Keep reading…
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Floor debates begin on flawed McDonnell transportation bills
Governor McDonnell’s transportation funding bills (HB2313 and SB 1355) are on the floor of the Virginia House and Senate today and tomorrow. The McDonnell Administration is facing objections on many fronts, but the Republican majority quickly pushed the bills through committee. Votes to pass the bills must take place before “cross-over” on midnight… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suddenly there came a tapping
The Post in DC nevermore?; Gandhi’s tell-tale heart; PG schools would purloin your letters; The facts in the case of M. Driver; Retail bugs Golden Triangle; The premature burial of pedestrian safety; Prevents the descent after the maelstrom; The system of reaching Doctor Tarr; The fall of the house-ownership myth; Quoth…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just vote no
Helmets good, mandatory bad; Hybrid protest; Last in, first fixed; Around the at-large race; MBT gradually moving ahead; Cool Disco Donuts not so cool; Who pays the most?; High-speed hit piece; Fearersome new task force; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: McDonnell’s bad ideas
VA transportation bill marches on; DIY transportation funding; No one wants a new toll road; Costly U-turns; Green Line fire causes delays; Group opposes opponents; Another day, another taxi credit card delay; Country roads; Car-free pays; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Goodbye, Ray
LaHood leaving; Surplus salted away; Chevy Chase sidewalk contentious; No mandatory helmets in Maryland; Superhuman cyclists aren’t most of us; MoCo bag fee 1 year old; Lower benefit hurts bus ridership; And…. Keep reading…
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Virginia legislators say “raise the gas tax”
In response to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s insane plan to fund transportation by eliminating the gas tax, Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates have proposed an alternative. It combines Democratic and Republican proposals to increase the gas tax statewide and give Northern Virginia separate authority to raise its own new funds. Yesterday, the House… Keep reading…
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Metro’s stuffed full at Rosslyn. What can be done?
Why aren't there more Orange or Blue Line trains? Rosslyn, one of the biggest chokepoints in the system. Here are some proposals Metro has made to fix this problem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Give permission
New WH CoS not “allowed” to bike?; Legalize cohabitation in VA; VA reps don’t want tolls; Passengers stuck on train; Add a signal at 16th and Colesville; Hannity discovers old overgeneralizations; Chicago will do BRT; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep it
Save or spend?; Condo bike storage; Trump won’t get tax break; Cars in DC; Virginia schools in flux; Ride in your car and on a train; And…. Keep reading…