Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Inequality hits home
Inequality grows in DC; Stay or go; Weekend woes; MoCo CaBi; Powerful women; Not free to be free range; Firefighters win lawsuit; London commits to bikes; And…. Keep reading…
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What’s the best way to protect a bikeway? How about a bikeshare station?
How’s this for a natural idea: Locate bikeshare stations between a street’s protected bikeway and car lanes. That’s exactly the arrangement in Crystal City, where the Capital Bikeshare station at 23rd and Eads helps to form part of the bikeway’s protective barrier. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Changes are coming
I-66, Capital Bikeshare, and Prince George’s zoning will all be changing in the near future. Have you weighed in? Plus, learn about dams, bikeway design, and more in this week’s events. Tolls and lanes for I-66: Virginia is considering tolls for people driving alone on I-66, along with new lanes outside the Beltway. State transportation officials are holding a… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Accumulation
Storm’s a-comin’; When was “peak car”?; Mixed results for mixed-income; Charge on I-95; More than one way to zero; School cuts; Redevelopment in trouble; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lanes coming
Next bike lanes; More Metro fallout; No endangered species; A vision, realized; Candidate campaigns on Metro; The wandering museum; We’re driving less; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro blame game
Metro confusion; Forthcoming investigations; Making Metro safer; Streetcar delayed again; Watch out for these; Safe roads?; ANC antics; Suburban bike lanes; Know your subway signs; And…. Keep reading…
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A driver killed Tom Palermo in Baltimore, but road designers deserve some blame, too
On the last Saturday of 2014, driver Heather Cook struck and killed cyclist Tom Palermo with her car in Baltimore. Police have filed charges against Cook, but Tom’s killing highlights the need for protected bike lanes on roads that are designed for high speeds. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Freezing
Walk carefully; Baltimore bishop charged with manslaughter; Clean up the Inner Harbor!; Ride On increases service; Trail for Fort Totten; When bad behavior is self-defense; Embarrassments in Frederick; No gas here; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Done deal
Soccer deal done; CaBi workers unite!; Florida Ave to change; Metro goes green; Woodmont Ave safety efforts; New road for Tysons; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Underground preparation
Art underground; Year-late indignation; Arlington Cemetery swamped; Record bike lanes; Andy Harris banned; Get in line; May your nights be merry and bright; And…. Keep reading…