Posts about Spotsylvania
VRE station has a Spot(sylvania): Progress is slow, but Spotsylvania County is finally moving to open their own VRE station with construction complete by Feb 2012 or sooner. The county has chosen a site that contains industrial land slated for a mixed-use, walkable development. (Fredricksburg.com, Scott L) (Comment)
DC's neglected Civil War history: DC's only Civil War skirmish occurred at Fort Stevens, which sits largely neglected in Brightwood. Elsewhere in the region, a battlefield outside of Fredericksburg might get a Wal-Mart at its gateway. (NY Times, Eric Fidler) (Comment)
Spots for trails?: Spotsylvania County, Virginia is interested in creating walking, jogging, bicycling, and horse riding trails, and county planners would like you to take their survey if you've ever walked, run, biked, or ridden a horse there. (Comment)
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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- DC's divide need not be black and white
Thu May 24
6:30 pm M Street SE/SW public meeting
Wed May 30
10:00 am Bike-ped safety enforcement hearing
Mon Jun 4
Wed Jun 6
6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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