Greater Greater Week in Review: January 9-15, 2011
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Today, we’re introducing a new feature: Greater Greater Week in Review. At the end of each weekend, we’ll take a look back at the posts from the previous week.
So if you can’t read GGW every day, you’ll still be able to catch all our posts at a glance.
Featured posts:
Prosecuting negligent driving is tough; time for new laws?: Advocates in Maryland are pushing for a new kind of mid-level criminal charge for negligently killing people with motor vehicles. DC should consider comparable measures after a some failed prosecutions of drivers demonstrate how hard it is to charge drivers who act dangerously. Read more »
Closing WMATA $72 million gap could include increased local contributions or even station naming rights: According to the latest budget summary released this morning, WMATA’s budget starts this season requiring $72.5 million in jurisdictional contributions, unless the region is willing to stomach fare increases, service cuts, or wacky one-time revenue sources like selling station naming rights. Read more »
Historic aerials show the disappearance of Southwest: HistoricAerials.com is a Google Maps-like page featuring aerial imagery from decades past. Its database includes images of Washington from several years. Read more »
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Shorten your commute tweets with Metro station codes: Metro’s station names seem to be continuously growing longer, but your tweets don’t need to. Read more »
DC’s little-known infrastructure: Every visitor from the Midwest knows about the Washington Metro and Beltway, but those well-known structures only scratch the surface of interesting infrastructure in the DC region. Read more »
Post unfairly criticizes California high-speed rail: In an editorial titled “Hit the brakes,” the Washington Post yesterday unfairly criticized California’s plan for a true high-speed rail system. Read more »
People riding bikes aren’t jerks, they’re just like you: Expanding bicycle infrastructure requires political support. That means showing residents and elected officials that cyclists are not some strange, alien species, but fellow people just like them. Read more »
Georgetown makes a big shift towards transit: A while ago, I wrote about the car situation in Georgetown and argued that a small amount of residents were having an outsized impact on the supply of cars in the neighborhood. Read more »
Other posts:
- Klingle Valley to get 10-foot trail, lights, trail connection
- Lessons not learned: The Tenleytown escalator failure
- DDOT director job description tilts toward highway veterans
- Congo wants circular driveway at 16th and Riggs
- DDOT reminding property owners to shovel sidewalks
- Lost Washington: Church of the Covenant
- What will we fund if Maryland increases the gas tax?
- St. Elizabeths plan threatens South Capitol Trail
- DOT heads to take charge of WMATA governance reform
- Metro’s trip planner should offer service alerts
- NCPC plans to be more open