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Georgetown air gondolas one step closer to becoming reality
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^
| 30 January 2016
| WTOP Staff
Posted on 01/30/2016 3:57:23 PM PST by COBOL2Java
This rendering provided by the Georgetown Business Improvement District shows what the Potomac River would look like if an aerial cable car system were installed alongside the Key Bridge. (Courtesy Georgetown Business Improvement District)
WASHINGTON - It sounds like a wild idea - a Gondola carrying area residents and tourists over the Potomac River from Rosslyn to Georgetown and back again - but it could soon become reality. The hope is that it would ease congestion on the Key Bridge, especially since, according to the Washington Post, some 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day. Today the project is one step closer to getting a feasibility study off the ground.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dc; md; va
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To: COBOL2Java
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01/30/2016 3:59:48 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
01/30/2016 4:00:02 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: COBOL2Java
I hope it works better than Metro has of late...
and I’d personally rather take a boat.
-JT
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01/30/2016 4:00:32 PM PST
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
To: BenLurkin
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01/30/2016 4:00:46 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
Please help make FR's voice louder.
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01/30/2016 4:02:46 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: BenLurkin
WHAT an outstanding graphic!
BRAVO.
To: COBOL2Java
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01/30/2016 4:03:23 PM PST
by
Forgotten Amendments
(Nessie ... Sasquatch ... The Free Syrian Army ...)
To: billorites
Terrorist bait.Lol. Wouldn't I just LOVE to see some terrorist get trapped in one of those? The marksmen would have a field day.
To: BenLurkin
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01/30/2016 4:04:22 PM PST
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samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: Jamestown1630
Hey! Maybe they can put a monorail next to it!
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01/30/2016 4:04:36 PM PST
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COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: DoughtyOne
I'm watching MAN OF STEEL as I write.
My sister and I bought all the Superman and Batman comics when we were young. I loved'em.
To: COBOL2Java
If they won’t cross the bridge on foot now, they’re not going to walk to this amusement park ride to cross the river, either.
To: COBOL2Java
The monorail episode was epic. Maybe one of the greatest television moments since Lucy and the candy conveyor.
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01/30/2016 4:07:34 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(Cruz or Lose 2016)
To: COBOL2Java
Idea sanity test:
Did the low IQ WaPo marshmallow majors like it?
Yes: bad idea
No: build it now
To: cloudmountain
Didn’t have a two cents to scrape together as a kid.
I never got into comics. It’s an interesting medium though.
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01/30/2016 4:16:51 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: billorites
We’re America, we don’t hide from terrorists. That’s for Euroweenies to do.
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01/30/2016 4:16:55 PM PST
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CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: COBOL2Java
Privately funded, I think this might be a great money maker and a nice addition to the area.
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01/30/2016 4:22:44 PM PST
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CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: DoughtyOne
When I was growing up, there was a neighboring family who had a mentally retarded daughter. For some reason she was obsessed with comic books - I think her folks bought her every one, every month. Her mother gave them all to me and my brother, when the daughter was done with them.
I remember whole summers immersed in Superman, Wonder Woman, etc. I don’t know what the comics are like now, but back then they were great.
-JT
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01/30/2016 4:24:29 PM PST
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
To: cloudmountain
BTW: I think the Man of Steel movie is a good one.
I also liked the previous Spiderman movie.
It seemed to me both were more humanistic without going completely feminine.
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01/30/2016 4:24:56 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
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