Posts about Virginia
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Excessive passive voice, linguistic detachment observed in Culpeper road fatality
No news story ever began saying, “A person was killed yesterday when he collided with a bullet moving at high speed in the opposite direction.” Yet that’s exactly how news stories about traffic “accidents” often begin, like this Post story: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Connect the dots
Virginia reconnects their grid; MoCo is caring about sharing; 13% of SmarBike subscribers live in other states; No more passes with Metrocheks; Chicago drivers annoyed by higher rates, snafus; Connolly looking to the next Metro extension; BART considers charging for parking on weekdays; Taller and greener in Arlington; Mini links. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get more
We all scream for I Street; SmarterBike; Save the trust fund!; One for all and all for one. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s the 21st century
Union Station bicycle transit center photos: DC has begun construction on the Union Station bicycle transit center, which will have parking for 150 bikes and lockers, though no shower facilities. DC Bicycle Examiner has more information and a slide show of the station’s construction. Keep reading…
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Why should states subsidize highway rest stops?
Rest stops are a familiar sight along major highways across America. I’d always assumed they made money for the states. After all, huge numbers of motorists stop to get gas and buy fast food. States could charge a pretty penny for the rights to sell gas or burgers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: on and on and on
Columbia Pike streetcar gets design money: Arlington has approved funding to design and plan a Columbia Pike streetcar. This $3 million will let the county work on figuring out how to come up with the rest of the money they need to actually build the thing. (How about having VDOT use more transportation dollars for streetcars instead of all highways all the time?) P.S. I call on all DC… Keep reading…
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Brunch links: What’s next?
Car Free Day ‘09? What should DC do for this year’s Car Free Day in September? Last year, DC closed F Street around 7th to create a plaza featuring music, bike tune-ups, and more. Tommy Wells wants your ideas for an even better Car Free Day this year. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of committee
Complete Streets in Congress: Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) has reintroduced legislation requiring state DOTs to follow Complete Streets principles when using federal dollars for construction. Transportation for America has a form letter you can fill out to contact “your representative and senators, asking them to support the Complete Streets Act of 2009 by becoming a co-sponsor… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Figaro qua, Figaro là
Bikes at Shady Grove: Metro is “considering [whether] to allow Montgomery County to build [a] bike path to [the] Shady Grove” Metro station. Metro acknowledges it can’t always afford all desired improvements itself, but is it really questioning whether to allow the County to construct a bike facility using its own dollars? (Examiner)… Keep reading…
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“Too big” isn’t a historic argument
What’s “historic”? The debate over what does and does not count as “historic” pervades most preservation controversies. The national criteria for deeming something historic are very broad. That’s helpful for preserving the truly historic, but people opposed to the destruction of nearly any structure can make an argument that it’s… Keep reading…