Posts tagged 16th Street
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Breakfast links: Transit trials
Plans for BRT; Study first; Should busking be allowed?; Less transit regulation?; Faster transit projects; A city without slums; A better bus stop; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT’s 5-point plan to improve 16th Street buses
DDOT isn’t yet willing to install a bus lane on 16th Street, but the agency is moving forward on a host of other improvements, and will study a bus lane next year. The 16th Street bus line is bursting at the seams. It carries more than half of rush hour trips on 16th Street. But the buses are slow, and they’re so full that riders in the city’s close-in neighborhoods… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better buses
More buses on 16th Street; An electric Circulator?; Less parking, more business; More bikes, fewer tickets; Housing for the homeless; Theater for Union Market?; Look to Oregon’s Trails; And…. Keep reading…
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The DC region lost 60 miles of bus lanes. It’s time to get them back
Prior to 1976, the Washington region had at least 60 miles of bus-only lanes, with even more proposed. This map shows where they were. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the rise
Fares. hiked; Study the lane now!; MoveDC draws AAA ire; How to broaden CaBi?; Spies like us; Give tours freely; Mile high transit; Dream of the 1890s; Don’t stop for ducks?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget barriers
DC budget brawl; Alexander rewards a contributor?; Bowser backs better buses; Silver Line, finally; Fairfaxers for unwalkability; Something about a map; Pay up Citibike; Robo-traffic?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Room on the sidewalk
Sidewalk cafes pay more?; Gardens sprout downtown; What’s new in new Metro cars; Some motion on 16th Street?; Federal St. E’s faces more hurdles; Money means restaurants; Slow down in Paris; Unlivable highways foil livable communities; And…. Keep reading…
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16th Street will get another bus upgrade, but only a dedicated lane will really fix it
Metro has added more buses to the 16th Street “S” line, but ridership just keeps rising, the buses are crowded, and they’re seriously bunching. A dedicated lane is the best solution, say WMATA planners, but in the meantime, they’re going to add articulated (or “accordion”) buses along the congested corridor. At a forum on bus service… Keep reading…
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Why a bus lane might help cars too, in one simple picture
This is what 16th Street looks like on a typical weekday morning. Good luck navigating it, as either a bus rider or car driver. Streamlining this mess of buses with a transit lane could speed up traffic for everyone. Keep reading…
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Here are the busiest bus stops on 16th Street, 14th Street, and Georgia Avenue
The map shows where riders are going on Metro’s busy 16th Street, 14th Street, and Georgia Avenue lines, plus a couple of smaller routes in the same part of town. Every circle on this map is one bus stop. The larger the circle, the more riders get on or off at that stop. Keep reading…