Posts about Virginia
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Arlington collecting bicycle and pedestrian traffic data
Arlington County’s Department of Environmental Services is going to be collecting bicycle and pedestrian traffic data this coming week. Volunteers will be counting bicycles and pedestrians at 20 sites around the county on shared-use trails such as the Four Mile Run trail, urban sidewalks like those near Metro stations, and on-road bicycle lanes (cyclists only). … Keep reading…
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Sharon Bulova for Fairfax Chair
Tomorrow, Fairfax County voters will elect a “Chairman” for the Board of Supervisors, replacing Gerry Connolly who ascended to Congress. Current Supervisors Democrat Sharon Bulova and Republican Pat Herrity, along with Republican Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cuts and losses
Chopping the point: Clark Realty is not going to develop Poplar Point. Clark could no longer afford to do the whole project amid the bad economic climate, and DC decided to end the partnership rather than pay a portion of the cost. The city will move forward with the land transfer and EIS for now, prepare the land itself, and then re-bid the development. DC United and the District have stopped… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: hungry for good architecture, stimulus money
Not so historic: Prince of Petworth posts a very non-historic building in Capitol Hill. Good reason to have historic preservation laws, or a nice addition of variety to the block? Keep reading…
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Arlington’s TDR program misses Montgomery’s high standard
Arlington recently created a Transfer of Development Rights” (TDR) program. It’s a good start, but so far, it leaves out some of the most valuable components which have made Montgomery County’s a model successful program, protecting the county’s rural and historic land in a way that works for farmers and developers. Though they have existed for nearly… Keep reading…
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How can we make bike sharing programs compatible?
In the comments thread for this morning’s breakfast links, Ben relayed some news (or maybe not so new news) that Arlington is planning a bike sharing program. According to various commenters, the program won’t be compatible with DC’s SmartBike, since SmartBike works with Clear Channel, Arlington doesn’t have bus shelter advertising, Clear Channel… Keep reading…
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Let’s declare war on calling transportation arguments “war”
Maryland Politics Watch has a roundup of the Purple Line debate with the inflammatory headline “MTA Declares War on Chevy Chase.” In the lede, MPW’s Adam Pagnucco calls the DEIS “a Declaration of War on rail opponents in the Town of Chevy Chase.” Keep reading…
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Skip the housing, get the affordable housing tax credit?
According to DCmud, due to some bizarre quirks of Arlington’s tax code, a developer building near the Metro is getting affordable housing tax credits… for not building housing. Or maybe not; see the update below. Keep reading…
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Alexandria delegate candidates apparently haven’t heard of transit
You may not have heard, but there’s an election Tuesday. It’s in Alexandria (and a bit of Fairfax), to fill Brian Moran’s seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Moran stepped down in December to run for governor. Democrat Charniele Herring and Republican Joe Murray are vying to represent the 46th District, which covers most of western, suburban Alexandria and… Keep reading…
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TOD before transit on the Dulles corridor: Herndon’s Arrowbrook
Herndon is getting a brand new “town center” development, called Arrowbrook Centre. While work on the actual town center hasn’t started yet, a 6-acre wetlands park broke ground earlier this year. The first phase will include 422,000 square feet of office space, 160,000 square feet of specialty retail/restaurant space and 407 luxury apartment homes. Eventually… Keep reading…