Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Step back, doors closing (early)
Goodnight, Metro; More bus bays coming; SafeTrack chief speaks; Sunny days ahead; Slowing traffic slowly; If you build it, will they come?; Children can’t play; Contentious cranium; Term limits?; Brake for Bigfoot. Keep reading…
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N Street NW has new bike lanes
If you’ve biked down N Street just north of Thomas Circle recently, your ride may have been more convenient than it used to be thanks to new contraflow lanes. Even though the lanes only stretch two blocks on either side of 14th street, they provide valuable new options for travelling east-west in this part of downtown. Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare members ride here, bike lanes or not
Over half of the miles that Capital Bikeshare members ride are on streets without any sort of bike lanes. This map shows you which of those streets are the most popular: Keep reading…
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Using tape, paper, and potted plants, Arlington built a temporary bikeway
On June 11, Arlington closed a block of bustling Wilson Boulevard for what organizers called the Active Streets Festival. There were bike-oriented games and activities, plus a collection of temporary bikeways “built” with tape, paper, and potted plants. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Say “yes” to the… housing
“Yes” to more housing; All aboard Olli; Cycling for SafeTrack; Union Market pushback; Ward 7 livability; Boats are better; Arlington wins. Keep reading…
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Some Silver Spring residents are against bike lanes that haven’t even been proposed yet
Big plans for bike routes in Montgomery County are underway, and Silver Spring is a focal point. When one group of neighbors learned that the county is studying the possibility of a new bike lane near their homes— a far cry from considering any actual plans in detail— they immediately voiced vehement opposition that overstates the downsides and understates the benefits… Keep reading…
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Just blocks from the White House… new bike and bus lanes?
A new protected bikeway could go in along Pennsylvania Avenue west of the White House, along with a contraflow bus lane on nearby H Street. DDOT is launching a study to review these possibilities, and is seeking public input. Keep reading…
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New bike lanes and dedicated bus lanes could connect Columbia Heights and Brookland
People want more ways to get around by foot and on bike in the corridor that runs from from Columbia Heights to Brookland, and they want them to be safer. After receiving that message, DDOT drafted potential plans for making it happen. Keep reading…
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Instead of buses that drive over traffic jams, let’s just not have traffic jams
A video of a bus that skirts traffic congestion by literally driving over cars has made its way around the internet this week. It’s a bold idea, but it raises the question: Why simply deal with congestion when we can just get rid of it? Keep reading…
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10 big ideas for making Arlington even more bike-friendly
Arlington is one of the best places in Virginia for getting around by bike, partly because the county has been willing to push the envelope on designing streets to be bike-friendly. With the current bike plan up for an overhaul this winter, here are 10 ideas for how Arlington can continue toward building a world-class bike network. Keep reading…