Posts tagged Fort Totten
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Breakfast links: Bike and street smarts
Bikes on the rise; How to continue the rise of bikes; Most dangerous county gets street smart; Less parking; Merrifield gets walkable; Alexander stops jobs in Ward 7; Transportation bill gridlocked; Senate wants NPS to ban bikes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Relentless pursuit
6 stores, 1800 jobs, no CBA; Town makes land grab; Get baked or eat fried; DC likely to stay occupied; Bike share ads: Is there really a free lunch?; DC preserves Chinablock/town; Maryland businesses want transportation; Washingtonians are footloose; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Living for the city
DC homicide could be lowest since ‘63; Anthony Williams ‘14?; MBT plans fleshed out; Strip mall to positive mixed-use; Join the RAC; Silver Line still at risk; Britain debates higher speed limits; And… Keep reading…
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DDOT defines Met Branch Trail options to the north
DDOT took a big step toward continuing the Metropolitan Branch Trail when it released a draft Environmental Assessment this month. This examines the places the trail will utilizes National Park Service: the section from Kansas Avenue to Catholic University, the Prince George’s County Connector and the section from Van Buren Street to the District line. In each area,… Keep reading…
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For ANC in Ward 5
Some wards divide up their ANCs by neighborhood. Ward 5, already a geographically large ward, is carved into only three ANCs, each containing a whopping 12 single-member districts and even splitting Brookland up between ANCs. Keep reading…
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Fort Totten streets get a little closer to complete
Last night, Toole Design Group presented alternatives for the redesign of 1st Place and Galloway Street NE near the Fort Totten Metro station. The alternatives significantly improve walking and bicycling throughout an area that is today suburban and difficult to traverse. In particular, Riggs Road at 1st Place will include pedestrian refuges, a section of the Metropolitan… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victories for people
People allowed on all sides; Hit the road, Jack; Hey stores, check out the people walking by; Development dispatches; Plowing peeves; PRT in Morgantown; Sharing in solar. Keep reading…
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DDOT will reexamine Fort Totten no-people zone
DDOT has listened to the many Greater Greater Washington readers and others who asked for a more pedestrian-friendly intersection at Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue near Fort Totten. Keep reading…
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Pictures of Fort Totten’s no-people zone
Reader “Totten Nettot” sent in two more photos that illustrate the transformation of the Riggs Road/South Dakota Avenue area in Fort Totten and the folly of excluding pedestrians from one side of this intersection. Keep reading…
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Key Fort Totten intersection to get 3/4 better
DDOT plans to reconfigure a completely pedestrian-hostile intersection near Fort Totten into one that’s only a little bit pedestrian-hostile. You can encourage them to go further and make pedestrians and cyclists full citizens of this area. Today, the intersection of Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue is a high-speed net of curving ramps more appropriate for a… Keep reading…