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On the calendar: Happy hour tonight on H Street, plus Alexandria tour, open data, BRAC, Connecticut Ave
Tonight is the latest in our series of Greater Greater Washington happy hours. Join us at Biergarten Haus, 1355 H Street NE, starting at 6:30. There are happy hour drink specials until 7:00, but we’ll of course stay longer than that. You can get there by X1, X2, X3, X8, or B2 buses, bicycle, car, or if you have a time machine, go into the future, ride the streetcar, then come back… Keep reading…
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Why doesn’t Metro post the police phone number?
Periodic announcements on Metro buses urge riders to contact authorities if they see something suspicious, but how many people know the phone number for the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD)? This is a sign that was developed in 2007 at the urging of the Riders’ Advisory Council, says Dennis Jaffe in a letter from the Sierra Club yesterday. However, the sign was… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Map to the secret
Amtrak as a subway; The secret’s out; “Sweeperscam”? “Robo-snitch”?; Norton news; Use creativity, not ART; Still off the MARC; “Increasingly difficult” to keep up; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery zoning solutions, part 1: Restructuring zones
This week, we continue the series looking at Montgomery County’s zoning code rewrite. Montgomery has 120 zones, more than double the number of any other county in the region, and creating an untenable situation. The simplification and modernization of the code has many aspects, one of which is a restructuring of the zones. This restructuring will simplify the code in… Keep reading…
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Urbanism comes in many shapes and colors
Why does a proposal for a sidewalk cafe generally draw widespread praise, but a suggestion to use public space for skateboarding engender scorn? Is there really something better about dining versus skating, or is it simply that younger, poorer, and/or more minority residents skateboard, whereas eating at an outdoor cafe is beloved by wealthier, whiter, and older people? Both… Keep reading…
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Live chat with Shane Farthing of WABA
Welcome to our live chat with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s new executive director, Shane Farthing. Keep reading…
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Employee vehicles blocking bike racks at NY Avenue Metro
The bicycle parking at the New York Avenue Metro station is substandard, and WMATA employee cars and motorcycles are parked daily all around the pedestrian areas and blocking the bicycle parking. I take the Red Line to and from work every day, entering the system at the New York Avenue Metro station. I bike there from our house in Trinidad, parking my bicycle at the racks near the… Keep reading…
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Drivers must merge into bike lanes before turning right
The garbage truck and driver who killed Alice Swanson two years ago was making an improper turn, but most drivers would make the same mistake. The correct procedure is for drivers to merge into the bicycle lane before the intersection, then turn from that lane. Why? Let’s say you’re driving in a motor vehicle on a road with two standard general-purpose lanes going… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Northrop Grumman eschews Metro for HQ
As expected, Northrop Grumman chose a suburban office park for its new corporate headquarters, rather than a Metro-friendly location. Keep reading…