Posts tagged Aaa
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Design for speed, collect the dough
Maryland is considering a bill to allow more speed cameras throughout the state. Supporters argue that the goal is safety, while opponents claim that local jurisdictions use the cameras more as a revenue tool than anything else. They’re both right. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: take the train, save a life
New commute stats: A recent MWCOG survey discovered that one-third of residents of DC, Arlington and Alexandria take transit to work, and ten percent walk. Region-wide, five percent take transit and seven percent walk. Keep reading…
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Over four times the people and no traffic
On a typical weekday, 400,000 commuters enter downtown DC. On Tuesday, 1.8 million people did. Yet there’s heavy traffic every rush hour in and out of DC, just to move a small fraction of the people we moved on Tuesday. Keep reading…
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Let’s declare war on calling transportation arguments “war”
Maryland Politics Watch has a roundup of the Purple Line debate with the inflammatory headline “MTA Declares War on Chevy Chase.” In the lede, MPW’s Adam Pagnucco calls the DEIS “a Declaration of War on rail opponents in the Town of Chevy Chase.” Keep reading…
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Not his father’s parking philosophy: Graham suggests meter hikes
To help shore up DC’s finances, Jim Graham has proposed raising meter rates, including charging for Saturday parking, the Examiner reports. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Up and down the Green Line edition
First stop Columbia Heights: Today is Columbia Heights Day, featuring local music, food, family activities, a bike ride and more. Keep reading…
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MoCo road code, AAA oppose tree-lined medians
Montgomery County is finalizing a new “road code” to define basic standards for roads of different types across the county. It’s a good idea to update the standards, but in the hands of MoCo’s traffic engineers and some county leaders, it’s become a blindly pro-traffic sledgehammer that will force pedestrian-unfriendly design throughout the… Keep reading…
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Traffic counting and parking: I’m quoted in the press
DDOT is upgrading their automatic traffic counting machines, to not only count cars but the amount of snow, temperature, sizes of trucks, and more, reports the Examiner. I told the Examiner reporter about the way DDOT can be great or terrible depending on who’s involved with a project, and ended up with a good quote:… Keep reading…
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Transparently slanted Post article pits suburbanites against the city
Post reporter Eric Weiss went trolling for suburban elected officials to condemn DC’s pedestrian-friendly transportation improvements, creating an article that casts DC’s efforts to improve pedestrian conditions as hostile moves against suburban commuters. It’s a classic newsitorial, sporting this opening line: “The District is escalating… Keep reading…
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AAA shifts focus from autos to pedestrians
“AAA is re-branding itself the American Amblers Association to reflect its changing role in helping people enjoy the nation’s parks, playgrounds, public markets and greenways.” From Project for (Fake) Public Spaces. Keep reading…