Posts tagged 15th Street
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DC press doesn’t fall for bike-baiting
Before the holiday break, the Washington Examiner published a poorly-researched article about bike lane opposition. But instead of jumping onto an anti-bike lane revolt, DC press and opinion leaders quickly saw through the rhetoric and put forth a more nuanced and sensible reaction. As other cities, like New York, struggle with fiery opposition to bike lanes, DC can hope to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Election Day!
Vote today; Voting on transportation; Need for speed becomes need for flame?; New and old side by side; Work begins on 15th Street bike lane extension; What happened to Metro Saturday?; Some DC teachers get “Ovation”; New Anacostia license plate; And…. Keep reading…
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NPS, Secret Service close to approving 15th Street bike lane
DDOT could start extending the 15th Street bike lane as early as Friday, DCist reported yesterday. By the time construction gets down to the White House area, DDOT believes they will have final approvals from the Park Service and Secret Service for the segments around Lafayette Park and the White House. The new lanes will extend the current 15th Street bike lane south to E Street,… Keep reading…
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DDOT will extend successful 15th Street cycle track
On Friday, DDOT released an assessment of the existing cycle track on 15th Street NW and designs for an extension from E to W Streets. Currently, a protected, one-way southbound bike lane runs along 15th Street from Massachusetts Avenue to U Street. The street has sharrows in the right-hand general traffic lane for northbound cyclists. Over four weeks in late September and… Keep reading…
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DDOT moves planned I Street cycle track to M Street
As Pennsylvania Avenue gets its new bike lanes, DDOT has adjusted and improved its plans for the other downtown cycle tracks. A DC government source said that the agency has eliminated the proposed westbound cycle track on I Street and shifted it to M Street between 15th and 29th Streets. The reasons for this change are twofold. First, traffic models indicated that removing… Keep reading…
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Seven future improvements for the 15th Street bike lane
DDOT’s first protected contraflow bike lane is a significant achievement for DDOT and its bicycle program. Reviews from the press are mostly positive, if cautious, and planners across the nation are taking notice. In the Post, DDOT’s Bicycle Program Manager Jim Sebastian mentioned that other streets, including L and M Streets NW, are candidates for similar protected… Keep reading…
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Time, vigilance will work out the bugs in the 15th Street lane
Press coverage of the 15th Street bike lane has moved beyond the “people are confused” frame to “let’s see how this works.” That’s the right attitude. As I’ve written so many times before, there’s no substitute for actual, on-the-ground experience to find the best ways to move pedestrians, bikes and cars safely and fairly. Keep reading…
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Early morning links: More openness elsewhere
MBTA releases bus location feeds; UK may mandate open transit data; Post’s Halsey cares what cyclists think; “Temporary urbanism”; Arlington approves parking plan; No trees, no town center for UMD; Plastic = higher taxi tips. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Peds, bikes, trees and parks
Don’t walk in Florida; Bike lane posted; Fenty’s training rides break various laws; Park View or just Private Golf Course View?; Pepco’s lumber subsidiary; Parking Depot. Keep reading…
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“Yeild” to bikes, peds
Reader Shawn took this photograph of misspelled writing from the 15th Street bike lane project: Keep reading…