Recent Posts
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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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Arlington explains Smart Growth
Last year, Arlington produced a documentary on the history of Smart Growth and Transit-Oriented Development in the county. Now, they’ve created a shorter 11-minute explanation of these issues narrated by planner Bob Brosnan. Keep reading…
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A beautiful Friday at the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Bring back bus-rail transfers for pass users
Metro’s recently announced pass pilot brought to light a detail in implementation that affects a lot of riders and potential pass customers. In a Facebook exchange, Metro reported that riders using passes will not be allowed the normal $0.50 discount when transferring between rail and bus or vice versa. This decision is inconsistent with the Metro… 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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For Ward 5 Council: Kenyan McDuffie
Harry Thomas Jr. has been an unremarkable and disappointing member of the DC Council, getting little done and having few noteworthy positions. In Ward 5, he has favored big-box and strip mall development over neighborhood commercial corridors. For those neighborhood corridors, his leadership was primarily reactive in nature. In Brookland, for example, residents pushed… 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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Live chat on activating federal places next Thursday
Federal buildings don’t have to be forbidding fortresses whose only engagement with the city is to create traffic in and out each day. Yet many of our federal buildings fail to interact with the city around them, adding nothing except sometimes-attractive architecture to the streetscape. Keep reading…