Posts by Erik Weber — Guest Contributor
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Breakfast links: Taking control
Arlington gets Columbia Pike; Alexandria to get multi-space meters; Trader Joe’s eyes Clarendon, wants parking; Sharing the road; Zoning stifling jobs?; Elevated Dulles much cheaper; New 99 bus?; Visualizing commutes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Violence about the roads
Ride the inaugural CaBis; Speed hump leads to murder; 3 pedestrians hit; Adams Morgan victim dies; Estimate your transportation costs; Trans-Hudson tunnel halted; Build your own streetcar; Singing a new Metro song. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buses off, buses on
PG bus drivers on strike; Buses back in service; Metro takes bids on U Street; No more “Highway to Nowhere”; New community center in Shaw; Promoting mixed-income TOD; Not so rapid transit. Keep reading…
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Go vote!
Today is Primary Election Day in the District of Columbia and Maryland. In both DC and Maryland, the polls open at 7 am and close at 8 pm, though voters in line by 8 will be allowed to cast their ballot. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Endangered peds, bikes and parking spaces
Why Prince Georgians jaywalk; Cyclist hit on Clarendon Boulevard; Van Ness project wants no parking; DC plans climate action; DDOT parking meter pilot survey; Nightlife at heart of ANC contests; Women lead surge in urban biking; Obama’s helmet is effeminate, cowardly. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Trains, buses and cars
Quite a joy ride; Germans back aboard intercity buses; Pick a new fuel economy sticker; Guardians of the Mall; NYC real estate hurt by transit cuts; Slowdown in Sydney; Sustainable transport studies around the world; No conviction, and new Silver Line plans. Keep reading…
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Why are Rosslyn-Dupont Circulator stops where they are?
On Tuesday, I discussed why the Circulator uses lower K Street routing for the Georgetown-Union Station line. I also had the opportunity to ask DDOT for their rationale for decisions around the Rosslyn-Dupont Circulator line. Why not stop on 19th Street directly in front of the Dupont Circle metro exit? By traveling up New Hampshire onto Dupont Circle and taking an… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not in transit
Metro closes doors for Columbus Day; Still on fire; ICC foot race; Driver in Wednesday night crash charged; Bike rules of the road; More harping on parking; NYC improving service change signage; Highway deaths lowest in 60 years. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Setting a date
Capital Bikeshare to start September 20th; Is DC pedestrian unfriendly?; DC’s neglected Civil War history; Free WiFi on the Mall; Stadiums die, debt lives on; Linking cabs and passengers; Obama infrastructure proposal, political reality at odds; Fear vs. Reality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harping on parking
Mayoral parking debate; Cleaning the Potomac; Public meetings on Dulles rail; Pentagon City street livening up; Ride On cuts take effect; Not quite traffic calming; Broadway a haven for pedestrians; On a less serious note. Keep reading…