Posts taggedToll Lanes
Breakfast links: Contractor backs out of project to widen highways
Transurban pulls out of proposed Maryland toll lane expansion. With inventory low, housing prices remain high in DC. Metro stations in Loudoun County struggle to attract riders.Keep reading…
Breakfast links: Montgomery County Planning Board resigns in wake of scandals
MoCo Planning Board resigns, votes tabled until new members are appointed. Advocate for unhoused residents in DC and Maryland, dies. Mobile home owners in Alexandria face ownership challenges. More in today’s Breakfast links.Keep reading…
Breakfast links: DC’s mayor pledges to increase Black homeownership by 2030
DC launches homeownership initiative for Black households. Court case with losing Maryland toll bidder could postpone toll lane construction. Fairfax County share of Silver Line Phase II funding increases by $40 million.Keep reading…
Breakfast links: Metro Silver Line simulated service to start on October 3
Simulated service on Silver Line extension to start in October. DC declares public emergency over migrant bus arrivals. How and why a Southeast DC street was named after Queen Elizabeth II.Keep reading…
Breakfast links: FHWA puts indefinite hold on plans for Beltway, I-495, BW Parkway toll lanes
Federal Highway Administration delays toll lane plans. DC will not receive National Guard aid for migrants. Blair to request recount in a tight Montgomery County Executive race.Keep reading…
With less toll money, Northern Virginia looks to fund a pared-back transit project list
The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) has less money this year to fund transit projects along I-66 — a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic and fewer drivers paying tolls. Only $4 million is available to be awarded to the projects competing for money, down from the $20 million pot we sawlast year.Keep reading…
The Washington Post wants to widen Maryland highways with toll lanes - but who do they represent?
MarylandSenate Bill 229proposes to extend to the entire state a right which is currently granted only to the nine counties of the Eastern Shore—local veto power over the construction of new toll facilities. Unfortunately, theWashington PostEditorial Boardattacked SB 229as being against the will of the people in a piece that was short on facts and long on rhetoric.Keep reading…
Why cities rarely build monorails, explained (again)
Monorails are cool! Wowee! Whiz-bang! So why don’t cities build more of them? It turns out that compared to normal rail, monorails have some legitimate downsides that make them an impractical option for most (but not all) transit corridors.Keep reading…
Tell Maryland’s comptroller to put the brakes on the Beltway/I-270 widening project
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn are bulldozing ahead with theirproposalfor massive toll lane expansion on the Capital Beltway and I-270. This deal is fundamentally flawed in multiple ways.Keep reading…
Events: Learn how YOU can make greater Washington even greater
无论你是新到来或直流老兵,ways in which the District works (or doesn’t work) can be a mystery. Unravel the enigma with GGWash’s DC 101, a lively workshop that will give you the knowledge, tools, and encouragement to be an advocate for safer streets, expanded housing, and more. Yes, DC can be greater — and you can help make it happen!Keep reading…
