Recent Posts
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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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Bus cuts aren’t always bad
In this spring’s WMATA budget debate, transit advocates asked for and won a budget that contained “no service cuts.” But the actual ideal resolution would have been “almost no service cuts,” because in a few spots, bus service needs cutting. One example is the P1 bus, which makes a one-block loop to stop in front of Federal Center SW Metro on its… Keep reading…
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Helping the homeless requires compassion
Washington, DC is a tale of two cities, one for the powerful and the other for the powerless. From the front steps of Saint Aloysius Church you can look to your right and see the US Capitol Dome and then look to your left to see one of the poorest zip codes in the District. Closing the gap between the realities of wealth and power on one hand and dire need on the other is a task… Keep reading…
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Could carbon credits fund bike-sharing systems?
A few weeks ago at an angel-investment presentation, I had the fortune of meeting the founders of Philadelphia-based CityRyde, bike-sharing consultants who are launching a platform called “Inspire” to facilitate the exchange of carbon credits between bike-sharing agencies and carbon producers (or investors). What the guys at CityRyde (a competitor of MetroBike,… Keep reading…
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TPB’s “aspiration” means HOT lanes, more pollution
Today, the Transportation Planning Board will hear a plan scenario for a major expansion of highway lanes outside the Beltway, coupled with road pricing, BRT, and some concentration of development in “activity centers.” The plan scenario tries to bring evaluates the possibility of bringing road pricing, a controversial yet valuable idea, to the Washington region. Variably-priced… 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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Congratulations Hans, Vince, Phil, Tommy, Mel and others
While the primary defeat of DC’s sitting mayor is the main headline in nearly every news outlet this morning, another significant and very exciting challenger victory is Hans Riemer placing third second in the Montgomery County Council at-large race. The top four vote-getters win the nomination (and, inevitably, the seats themselves in November), meaning Riemer will… 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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New Yards Park is dressed to impress
This past weekend, the Capitol Riverfront area celebrated the grand opening of the Yards Park. The new park is located along the Anacostia River between 3rd Street SE and the Navy Yard. It was built as a public-private partnership between the developer of the Yards, the government of the District of Columbia, and the General Services Administration. It’s managed by the… Keep reading…
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Have a seat: DC needs more benches
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) held it’s annual conference in Washington this weekend. ASLA invited GGW to attend. At a panel on site furnishings (park benches, tables, etc.) one of the presenters described walking in Washington as “exhausting” due to the long distances and, more importantly, the lack of benches. Indeed… Keep reading…