Posts about Weather
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Breakfast links: Piling up, piling on
Less money mo’ problems; Why do elected Republicans hate bikes?; Nobody wants the job?; Tysons to limit parking; Tempest in a snowpile; Dimes more; Go on the Mall. Keep reading…
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Links across the nation (and world): At the extremes
NYC vs. Houston; Houston vs. NYC; 5 cents in Baltimore?; Robot turns snow into bricks; Curbing curb cuts in SF; Mixed-use in Mountain View; Driverless trains?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On a mission
$18M for snow, $1B for railcars; Shovel in Deanwood; Real estate mission delayed; Hoboken fixing parking by improving other modes; LaHood is reading!; No more Lincoln Memorial (or trolley car). Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA and Richmond
Gunn to look at Metro; Snow buries budget; Arlington musters more for Metro; Bike-hating legislators; Driver assaults good Samaritan; Carpooling only for civilians?; Balancing budget on the backs of bikes; Drive exactly 55!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Light rail reading
Books on the wind; Fair and purple; Mote out of our eyes; People walk? News to 9 News; Stuck on the train; Freeway pollution is bad; Bike bites. Keep reading…
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Shovel brigades clear out sidewalks and bus stops
While some people look forward to getting their street plowed after weeks of heavy snowfall, those who walk or use public transit to get around have a whole new problem: snowplows often push the snow into the sidewalk, leaving piles of hardened, icy snow several feet high. No doubt you’ve seen people walking along the sides of major local roads, like Randolph Road in Montgomery… Keep reading…
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Join the shovel teams at 3
We have three Keep reading…
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Let’s shovel bus stops Sunday
Give a hand. Save a hip. Bus stops all over the region are not safely accessible because of snow mountains, slush and ice. Taxpayer-funded Metro can’t shovel out 12,000 bus stops. Let’s make George Washington proud and go shovel. Keep reading…
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Shoveling hall of shame: Dick Durbin and NPS
Dick Durbin has joined the ranks of Congressmen who pick on DC for its inability to instantly, magically melt several feet of snow that smashed the all-time record. But Durbin might want to look a little closer to home for the source of some problems. Along Pennsylvania Avenue, for example, the worst job clearing snow came from the National Park Service, part of the federal… Keep reading…