Recent Posts
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DD’ohT! Streetcar grates pose unnecessary danger
As if streetcar and other rail tracks weren’t dangerous enough for cyclists to navigate without falling, newly installed streetcar tracks on Benning Road and in Anacostia make the situation even riskier. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trains, cars of the future, roads of the past
High trail, grass tracks; Car of the future even more dangerous to peds, bikes?; AASHTO: More highways, and more, and more; WashTimes vs HOT lanes; Dog poop forensics; Graphic texting ad coming to South Carolina; Bad contractor destroys two houses. Keep reading…
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Vancouver’s Larry Beasley talks DC’s Height Act in forum Tuesday, live chat Wednesday
One of the perennial topics for debate in Washington, DC is the 1910 Height of Buildings Act, which limited tall buildings and created the current “low-rise” skyline. Now, the Act is 100 years old. Has it served DC well or poorly? Keep reading…
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Montgomery’s zoning issues, part 3: Complexity & confusion
Lately, I’ve been discussing the effort to rewrite Montgomery County’s zoning code. Previous installments have covered zones and uses. Today, I discuss issues that make the current code complex and disorganized. Deficient Definitions Like most legal documents, the Montgomery County Zoning Code includes a definitions section. But like other parts of… Keep reading…
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Proposed Costco gas station is the wrong place, wrong time
Back in January, David argued that Montgomery County could better use the $4 million proposed for subsidizing a Costco at Westfield Wheaton. Costco is still coming to Wheaton. However, the County Executive’s Office is now now proposing circumventing well-established gas station permitting processes through a Zoning Text Amendment. There are many circumstances… Keep reading…
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NextBus accuracy slips, “ghost buses” explained
WMATA released NextBus accuracy statistics last week, and frequent users will not be surprised to find out that accuracy is not where it could be. NextBus only has predictions for 78% of buses, far below the 92% accuracy target. The buses themselves are also not keeping to schedules particularly well, being “on time” only about 75% of the time even with a generous… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ways of talking
Teen struck by bullet; Obnoxious GGW commenters make the Post; How to pay for streetcars; Fewer homes on the market: good?; Yglesias on cities; Meters everywhere but no money; And…. Keep reading…
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Rush hour, with bicycles
Teo, Jeff Y., and Erik all sent along this video of “rush hour” at an intersection in Utrecht, Netherlands quite crowded with vehicles, but most of those are bicycles. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: York Auto Supply to Metro station
Long before work began in earnest in the 1990s for the Metro station at 3701 Georgia Avenue, the northeast corner of New Hampshire and Georgia Avenues became associated with transportation when the York Auto Supply Company opened in 1920. Keep reading…