Posts tagged Bike Boxes
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DC’s most bike-friendly corner: 15th and L
Look at this beautiful photo. Two cycletracks meet at a street corner, bike boxes and green paint flow in every direction, and a bikeshare station sits in the background. It’s almost Dutch. Almost. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing progress or failure?
Halfway to affordable housing goal; Luxury over affordability; Pot enforcement highest in SE; No LOS in California; Bike lanes free up sidewalks; Who commutes by bike?; Bored at BWI? Go bike!; How Singapore seniors cross the road; Chocobo-oriented development?; And…. Keep reading…
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Four tweaks to further improve the First Street NE cycletrack
Cycletracks are such new additions to the repertoire of American street infrastructure that the most progressive DOTs around the country are still experimenting with how to best design them. DC’s latest experiment, on First Street NE, is a still-evolving laboratory of design options. Here are four ideas to make this excellent bike facility work even better. Keep reading…
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Veitch Street bike box goes green
Last week Arlington painted its first green bike box, at the corner of Veitch Street and Lee Highway. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pre-Independence
Get around tomorrow; Zoning update moves forward; Alexandria reviews BRT station design; Axe the hybrid tax; Don’t forget the parks; Less congestion forever?; Old bike box gets upgrade; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT helps “complete” Florida Avenue
A section of Florida Avenue NW will soon better provide for all its users, including drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. The street will get wider sidewalks, street trees, and bike lanes after residents and DDOT collaborated to redesign it. This section of Florida Avenue has enjoyed significant population growth over the past decade. New condo towers went up… Keep reading…
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Portland provides some urban inspiration for DC
Portland has achieved near-cult status in urbanist circles for its progressive development and transportation policies. All is not perfect in Portland, but there are lot of great things we can take away from the City of Roses. The city has a thriving downtown, and walkable inner-ring neighborhoods. It sports an extensive transit network and unbeatable bike infrastructure. … Keep reading…
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Do DC’s cycletracks work well? DDOT has some conclusions
DDOT officials have said they are waiting to build the L Street cycletrack until they finished a study about the city’s 2 existing cycletracks, on 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Yesterday, they posted an executive summary of the study, though right now the site isn’t responding; perhaps too many people are trying to get a look? David C. summarized some of the… Keep reading…
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Introducing the two-stage bike box
As urban bicycling becomes more common, new types of infrastructure are being invented to help bikes safely mix with cars. The latest innovation is what’s called a “two-stage bike box.” Arlington is proposing one for this particularly confusing intersection: Keep reading…
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New Hampshire Ave bike lane has some flaws
Last year, DDOT opened innovative new contraflow bike lanes on New Hampshire Avenue near U Street. But a few design problems remain. Three cyclists created this video to illustrate some of the issues: Keep reading…