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Bus priority getting priority in DC
Spurred by a federal TIGER grant, planners at WMATA and DDOT are moving closer to making bus priority measures a reality in the District of Columbia. WMATA has identified operational savings estimated at $5.6 million annually for six corridors in the District for measures funded by the grant including transit signal priority (TSP), bus bulb-outs and stop improvements. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today!
Bike to work, avoid dogs; Bye townhouses, hello parking?; On New York Avenue; More residential for Tysons; Oh great, loud grates; Know a hit-and-run driver in Frederick?; Soda tax? Probably not; MARC hits a new mark. Keep reading…
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Arlington, DC announce 1,100-bike regional bike sharing
A new bike sharing system based on Montreal’s Bixi will have 1,100 bikes spanning 100 stations in DC and 14 in Arlington, replacing DC’s existing SmartBike system, leaders announced this morning, This expansion has been widely rumored for months, since Cyberpresse reported a deal was in the works. U.S. company Alta Bicycle Share will actually operate the system… Keep reading…
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Dear Andres Duany: Money, not millennials, hurting cities
Dear Mr. Duany, At twenty-two years old, I qualify as a Millennial. I enjoy loud music and cheap, greasy food, among other things. I also love cities, including Washington, D.C., the one I was born in. I can’t afford to live there, so I live at home with my parents. Yet, according to what you recently told the Atlantic, I’m ruining the place: “There’s… Keep reading…
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DDOT redoing Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes?
DC Wire reports that DDOT will delay opening the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, because they’ve decided they take up too much space. Keep reading…
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Bus stop density correlates with speed
This graph compares the scheduled average speed by route with the average number of bus stops per mile for all bus routes in the WMATA published data. Keep reading…
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“Pedestrian crossing” options oddly resemble interchanges
Montgomery County DOT has released design alternatives in their study of a “pedestrian crossing project between the National Naval Medical Center and the Medical Center Metro station.” The alternatives could improve the experience for pedestrians crossing Rockville Pike/MD-355, but also look a lot like the vehicular interchanges that MCDOT staff insisted… Keep reading…
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Bike to work tomorrow, tour DC and Arlington this weekend
Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. Bike to work! I won’t, since I’d probably take a nasty spill trying to bike down the stairs from my bedroom to my office (plus the handlebars and pedals would scuff up the walls), but I recommend it for the rest of you. There are pit stops offering food, speeches, and more all across the region. Convoys will gather in a number of places and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bikes, buildings, budgets, and bull
Cyclists, drivers, police, the usual; Bike bits; Kornheiser Jr.; Ward 7 project gets worse; Development dispatches; Fixing Kensington; Montgomery musings; CDC misled on lead. Keep reading…
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What’s That? #24: The answers
Congratulations to Max D., Justin Storch, Teo, Dustin, Brendan, Adam F., F. Sheehan and Tim Westrich for getting all three answers to last week’s What’s That? Keep reading…