Posts from June 2013
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Feds will stop hyping effectiveness of bike helmets
Two federal government agencies will withdraw their longstanding claims that bicycle helmets reduce the risk of a head injury by 85%. The decision comes in response to a petition the Washington Area Bicyclists Association (WABA) filed under the federal Data Quality Act. In 1989, a study in Seattle estimated that helmets prevent 85% of head injuries. Later efforts to replicate… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t blindly widen
Residents against VA’s Outer Beltway; Unbiased language would be an improvement; Bus loses brakes; Five points against intersection; DIY crosswalk leads to arrest; Why NY elites hate bikeshare; And…. Keep reading…
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Lost rivers of Washington
Constitution Avenue used to be a canal, and two creeks used to flow through central DC. David Ramos produced a series of maps showing where they went. Keep reading…
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Tom Sherwood defends speed cameras
WAMU Politics Hour co-host, NBC 4 reporter, and Dream City co-author Tom Sherwood defended the District’s speed camera enforcement program during a brief exchange with host Kojo Nnamdi on last Friday’s show. Sherwood said he felt “irritated” by the May 29 Washington Post article by Ashley Halsey III on speed cameras. That story led off with the fact… Keep reading…
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DDOT bows to pressure, removes Wisconsin Ave. median
Last week, DC officials quietly reversed their recent traffic calming project in Glover Park and began removing a new median on Wisconsin Avenue. With the Glover Park ANC’s support, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) replaced one lane on Wisconsin between 35th and Garfield streets with a painted median in January to calm traffic and improve pedestrian… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Everywhere bikes
Who’s ideological?; The real big danger; MoCo wants bike lanes near bikeshare; Make Maple Ave walkable, bikeable?; See your house by CaBi; Riders want technology; Taxi tidbits; Reps want to keep nonstops; And…. Keep reading…
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Will leaders stand up against the death toll?
Tragically, people are getting killed on District streets, two in one day in February. Experts acknowledge that stopping these deaths is a major challenge. In something of a reversal from decades past, as demographics and living patterns shift, it’s also a serious problem in suburban areas such as Montgomery County. Keep reading…