Posts about Virginia
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Photo of the day: Church of the unleaded
BeyondDC posted this photo of a church in Rosslyn built above a gas station. Or was a gas station built under a church? Does it count as Good Works to enable people to fill up their tanks? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big steps
One small step for Virginia, one giant leap for the FTA: Perhaps they saw the writing on the wall, that the Federal Transit Administration is soon to be transformed into an agency that actually promotes transit. Or perhaps Virginia really did allay their concerns. Yesterday, the FTA approved federal funding for the Silver Line, after months of analysis and frenetic lobbying. Keep reading…
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Submit your comments against I-66 widening
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the last day to submit written comments to VDOT about their proposed widening of I-66 in Arlington. To comment, click this email link. Keep reading…
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GO VOTE
Posting will be light today because 1) I’ll be voting (will there be long lines?) and 2) You should be voting instead of reading blogs. Voting is the most important thing you can do all year this year, especially if you live in Virginia. Keep reading…
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Would I-66 widening increase accidents? VDOT doesn’t know
Commenter Geof Gee posted a summary of last night’s meeting on widening I-66 in three spots by adding lanes between entry and exit ramps. Geof describes himself as guided by “practical considerations” and is “not inherently against increasing auto capacity,” but nonetheless came to the conclusion that the project is a bad idea, even by the standards… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Fashionable transportation and land use
Très cycle chic: Cycling and fashion go together, and at least in Europe, there are whole blogs devoted to photos of people looking good while riding a bicycle. One could easily get plenty of similar photos on one of DC’s main streets to or from downtown around rush hour. Tip: Froggie. Keep reading…
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Transit advocates get younger every day
A partner (who lives in Fairfax County) at Greater Greater Fiancée’s law firm related the following story: Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Walk and ride, or not
Walk to the bus station? Heresy! Reston has a bus station and bike rack right next to the W&OD Trail, but instead of building a connection, the county put in a fence. Remind you of Owings Mills? (FABB via WashCycle) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: End of the world as we know it
OMG 140 people might live on Wisconsin! City Paper shows a flyer warning people of traffic mayhem if the Giant project is built on Wisconsin Avenue in McLean Gardens. In an email to the Cleveland Park list, opponent Nancy MacWood wrote, “I think many of us have assumed that we would absorb some of the District’s move to attract new residents. … But frankly no one contemplated… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Two sides of many coins
Adams Morgan ANC commissioner arrested: Nancy Shia, representing northeastern Adams Morgan on ANC 1C, was arrested Sunday for taking pictures of a crime scene. Shia claims she was “just trying to document the scene,” while police claim she was “impeding a police investigation” and opened the door of a police vehicle to get a picture of a juvenile suspect. Keep reading…