Posts by Stephen Miller — Guest Contributor
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14th Street plan brings innovation and a missed opportunity
The intersection of 14th and U, NW is a key retail and transportation hub in DC. A streetscape plan proposed for 14th Street will bring needed improvements to the corridor. But it also misses an important opportunity to create a civic space at this historic intersection. Wednesday evening, DDOT and its consultant, Precision Systems, Inc., presented the latest preliminary design… Keep reading…
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O’Malley, Ehrlich differ greatly on transportation
In today’s must-read, Michael Dresser takes a look at how the Maryland gubernatorial candidates differ on transportation issues. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 5 pedestrians, 1 cyclist
In the video David posted yesterday about New York’s ambition to become world’s greatest, greenest big city, Mayor Bloomberg noted that dramatic changes have yielded dramatic results. In three years, “Traffic fatalities are down 20 percent,” he said. In addition, New York’s life expectancy has gone up, “and part of that is reduced traffic deaths.” But New York is doing more… Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 13 pedestrians, 6 cyclists
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 8 pedestrians, 6 cyclists
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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DDoh’T! Parking kiosk exacerbates the U Street squeeze
The bicycle trap streetcar grates we told you about in May have been fixed. Reader Greg DuRoss has found another little transportation snafu: a multispace meter blocking an already-narrow sidewalk. The southern side of U Street’s 1300 block is a busy one. In addition to the regular heavy foot traffic on U Street, this particular block leads up to the Metro station entrance. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 6 pedestrians, 4 cyclists
While last week was a quiet one on the District’s roads, this week was anything but. Keep reading…
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DDOT will extend successful 15th Street cycle track
On Friday, DDOT released an assessment of the existing cycle track on 15th Street NW and designs for an extension from E to W Streets. Currently, a protected, one-way southbound bike lane runs along 15th Street from Massachusetts Avenue to U Street. The street has sharrows in the right-hand general traffic lane for northbound cyclists. Over four weeks in late September and… Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 4 pedestrians, 1 cyclist
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 13 pedestrians, 4 cyclists
“Safety is number one at DDOT…The pedestrian is the most vulnerable because they’re the slowest and they have no armor. The cyclist is second-most vulnerable. And so you really have to…make sure that you’re protecting the most vulnerable people first.” - DDOT Director Gabe Klein on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, August 4, 2010. Keep reading…