Posts about Virginia
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Breakfast links: Afford to live here
Beauregard to change; Less housing, less affordable; Whole change; LaHood to the rescue; Few helmets on CaBi; Pedestrian malls through time; Can’t change gas prices; The hero we deserve. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Burn
Imhoff/Brizill house burns down; Cabbies behaving badly; Whose gax tax is it?; Preserve ze space; Flip the switch, save a bird; Why biking to school got rare; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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WAMU missteps with one-sided Outer Beltway story
WAMU’s Metro Connection aired a sadly one-sided story on Friday about long-debated, oft-rejected proposals to build an Outer Beltway across the Potomac, far from the region’s core. Positively, Metro Connection agreed that the piece wasn’t up to their standards, and the reporter has already added some of the missing side of the story. The original piece… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Seat filler
Ethics just got real; Silver Line in peril; Higher prices, not Sundays; Sidewalk cafes grow in number, not size; Some parts of Ward 5 vote; MDOT loses head; GeekEasy wasn’t so easy; Parks from parking lots; The road to ruin; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough
Give peak a chance; ICC too empty?; The Tide rolls on; Poplar going to auction; Peds, bikes now count; Tourism without a car; Biking in the future; Transit Score gets low quality score; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Motion like the tide
Anacostia fears tsunami; DDOT moves, but slowly; Barry blames press; Back to work; Costco not winning hearts; Infant mortality improves; Hope from DC’s renaissance; The snarl reaches Brazil; And…. Keep reading…
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Widening I-66 achieves little vs. cheaper alternatives
Virginians have debated widening I-66 for many years, but preliminary results of a VDOT study show that I-66 commuters could get the same benefits and save hundreds of millions by just converting existing lanes to HOT lanes instead. Drivers and transit riders alike would also benefit from turning the shoulder of US-50 into a dedicated bus lane. VDOT is close to completing its… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find a place
Buses need a home; Nothing can get approval; Fare hikes likely a go; Good for now; To err is human; Green plan not black and white; Hine is fine; But DC gave LivingSocial one!; Glen Echo loses last streetcar; Or just drive more safely?. Keep reading…
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Potomac Yard Metro opponents cite GW Parkway purity
Officials have refined the options for where to place the Potomac Yard Metro station. Neighbors concerned about impacts to the George Washington Parkway are opposing 2 options which place the station closer to planned development, but the Metro station will bring far more long-term traffic relief than just avoiding temporary construction. Keep reading…