Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Protected bike lanes could fit in DC’s traffic circles; here’s how
London is adding protected bike lanes to one of its traffic circles. Could the same design work in DC? Would we want it to? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 1991’s Ferguson in DC
Is Mt. Pleasant Ferguson?; The circle of opposition; No cars on new Portland bridge; FHWA delays CSX tunnel decision; Revitalization starts with Whole Foods; Eden Center tenants sue landlord; Minimum service standards needed; And…. Keep reading…
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A cycletrack appears in Pentagon City
Arlington’s first significant protected bike lane quietly popped up last week in Pentagon City. It runs on South Hayes Street from 15th Street to Fern Street, next to Virginia Highlands Park. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lane frenzy
Pop-up bike lanes sweep the nation; Bike lanes safer for all; Court OKs Hine development; Bowser won’t commit to debate; Real estate touts transit; Booze by phone; Not quite 26; Light rail success in Phoenix; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit trials
Plans for BRT; Study first; Should busking be allowed?; Less transit regulation?; Faster transit projects; A city without slums; A better bus stop; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What we learned about bicycling
Milloy rides; “We don’t ticket our own”; Transformation and affordability; Inner Harbor 3.0; One step closer to ridesharing; Designing for mental health; Vancouver’s baby boom; DIY toll road; And…. Keep reading…
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Build protected transit lanes using cycletrack bollards
Simple plastic bollards and slight changes to lanes are enough to turn a regular bike lane into a cycletrack. Could the same trick work for bus lanes? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot ideas
HOT on I-66?; Transportation showdown; Save the Hoover?; Consensus on the water; Springfield gets its mall back; Buffered bike lanes are better; Driver at fault; Background checks discriminate?. Keep reading…
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See 32 years of DC bike lane growth in one animation
DC has had a smattering of bike lanes since at least 1980, but the network only started to grow seriously starting in about 2002. This animation shows the growth of DC’s bike lane network, from 1980 through to 2012. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Home improvement
Anacostia flips; The right to sunlight?; Obama for statehood; Express Lane predictions; Nixon-era biking; Lanier on bike lanes; How the ramp could look; Positive externalities of cycletracks; And…. Keep reading…