Posts tagged Commuter Tax
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Breakfast links: Region’s drivers spent an estimated 83 hours per person in traffic last year
Washington region drivers lost an average of 83 hours to sitting in traffic in 2022. | Calvert County audit leads to water bills over $8,000 for residents. | Twitter briefly banned WMATA’s official bus tracking account Tuesday. Keep reading…
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Myth busting: DC Home Rule prohibits a “commuter tax,” but that’s not why we don’t have congestion pricing
Why aren't there tolls on the Potomac River bridges? Why doesn't DC have a congestion charge to drive downtown, like London does or New York has considered? Is it because the Home Rule Act prohibits a “commuter tax?” It's a common argument, but isn't the reason. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and taxes
Online voter registration?; Commuter tax for DC gov workers?; Norton skeptical of autonomy referendum; Bag fee helps clean up Anacostia; Finish the trail; Corcoran interior a landmark?; DC’s offices the fullest in the nation; MARC World Series?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public or private?
A new path for charters; Library group hurting libraries?; The eGoofacehoople Arts Transit Authority; 711 more solar panels; Pay DC more hotel money; The missing money; See money from space; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Smart
Smart to keep a balance; Ivy City sues to stop buses; The long road to change; Greenbelt has a plan; Minnesota Ave development finally starts; Not for sale; Fewer cars on the Seine; And…. Keep reading…
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Steny Hoyer spreads myths about the District’s budget
One of the predominant myths about the District is that the federal government fully compensates any costs or lost revenue it incurs as the Federal District. In reality, DC residents bear a heavy fiscal burden — to the tune of about $1 billion a year — because of a structural deficit that Congress could fix. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More, more, more
More night buses, please; VRE gets stuffed; Hoyer hates commuter tax; Big box can be urban, or not; No transit is more dangerous; Standards hamper New Haven; Sunroof for the subway?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Congress and bikes
Issa OK with commuter tax; Can’t kill cooperation; Conflict resolution; A place to cross; Bike to Wolf Trap; Sprawl worsens drought; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Government moves
Maryland agency to New Carrollton; Tax increase on wealthy likely today; Orange pushes full-time, term-limited council; DC teachers pick merit pay; Fiona vs. Jack?; Senate could cut partnership; Who are the free riders?; Miami Park(ing) Day organizer arrested; And…. Keep reading…
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Being outside a state has its advantages
Residents and officials in the District of Columbia often lay a number of the city’s problems on the fact that DC is not a state nor located in one. Many cities have large state governments that can help pick up the tab for various social welfare programs, education funding, and transportation costs, among other public expenses. The District, on the other hand, is left to… Keep reading…