Posts from August 2018
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What if our region had a seamless platform for buses, bikeshare, ride-hail, and more?
If you’re like me, you use a SmarTrip card, a Capital Bikeshare dongle, and half a dozen apps on your smartphone to access ridehail, bikeshare, or carshare — and none of them communicate with each other. That leads to time wasted toggling back and forth, especially if a trip requires more than one service. What if you could manage all of these in one place? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The feds have a “secret” plan to shut Metro down in an emergency
The feds have a secret plan to shut Metro down in an case of a dire safety risks. Metro is no longer considering transporting white nationalists in separate trains to the Unite the Right rally. New plans for Barry Farm public housing will likely include less density and more green space. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: DC people
Enjoy our favorite new images submitted by some of our favorite GGWash photo contributors. Keep reading…
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National links: Charlotte is planning for a car-free future
Charlotte, North Carolina envisions a downtown without cars. A Portland paper asked residents for examples of scooter riders behaving badly, but didn't exactly get what they asked for. Proposed federal gas tax legislation would also tax bicycles, electric vehicles, and transit. Keep reading…
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“Stay away from the bike lane”
I see people driving crazy in the bike lane.
I seen a truck hit a lady in the bike lane.
I seen a car hit a man in the bike lane.
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How Silver Spring got its boundaries, and why there’s so much disagreement
You could ask five residents what Silver Spring’s boundaries are and receive five different answers, ranging from a neighborhood near the DC line to a city the size of the District of Columbia itself. But how did it end up this way to begin with? The answer involves a railroad, zip codes, and possibly Marion Barry. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bird scooters wants to help pay for more bicycle lanes
The dockless scooter company Bird wants bicycle lanes, and they'll help cities pay. Two DC cyclists were killed in Tajikistan, including a local Tiny House builder. Cities must find a way to strike the balance between preserving history and developing for the future. Keep reading…
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Study a bikeway and ditch the reversible lane on Connecticut Avenue, residents say
Residents along DC’s Connecticut Avenue want the city to study ways to make it safer, including removing the current reversible lane, adding a protected bikeway, and/or otherwise changing the traffic patterns. Keep reading…
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These 10 DC schools are making big gains with at-risk students. Why aren’t they more popular?
When test scores are announced in the District of Columbia, some public schools are high-fliers every year. They’re the schools that families clamor to get into, and they tend to be in the city’s most affluent neighborhoods, where students come to school with loads of advantages. However, there are other high-achieving schools that we should be paying attention to. Keep reading…
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Some Anne Arundel County residents want to shut down their light rail. Again.
Some residents in Anne Arundel County are pushing to close light rail stations that run in their communities to Baltimore. (No, this isn't an old post from 2011. Or from 1994.) Closure proponents claim they're concerned about crime from light rail riders, but there's no evidence of increased crime in the area, from the train or otherwise. Keep reading…