Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Our new reality
Changing habits with new cuts; Northeast maglev in 10 years?; No credit cards in some taxis; More people, more policing; Don’t expect speed from streetcar; Who wants the Pike streetcar?; Your brain on green space; Doctors’ responsibility in preventing traffic deaths; Lone Star biking; Even lower height limits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough on transit
Poor transit hinders Baltimore; Transit benefits decrease; LA cracks down on jaywalking; Cycling’s popularity invites taxes; Utah improves traffic light efficiency; Neighbors oppose Grosvenor townhouses; DC traffic cameras will not go live; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC’s liberty
Meet the Ubertarian; DC keeps fighting for rights; What’s more dangerous?; Broad Branch could get sidewalks, bike lanes; McLean’s catalyst?; Revenue share for DC United; Development’s best and worst. Keep reading…
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Alexandria’s King Street will get bike lanes after all
Alexandria’s transportation director gave the order Friday to build bike lanes on King Street west of Old Town. The decision ends a long and contentious debate over whether to remove parking spaces. Rich Baier, director of the city’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, announced that Alexandria will proceed with a “compromise plan”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pass the popcorn
Big screen trend; Are traditional downtowns over?; Will Metropolitan Branch ever be finished?; Older transit networks yield more growth; Churches everywhere dislike bike lanes; Makers and takers; DC’s changing demographics; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike hate
Against bikes; A mile in their (cycling) shoes; Tech firms don’t get urbanism; What other people’s parking costs you; How cities can grow up; Alexandria examines moving CSX tracks; Bloomberg focuses on rest of the world; Profit Uber alles?; The fare limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Community input
Georgetown thinks big; Bowie Walmart gets a “no”; Bus lines shut down; Good news for transit in budget deal; Best & worst: Escalator edition; AAA endorses transit(!); Don’t door me bro; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Residential growth, sans parking
Less parking, please; No more parking at apartments; More hearings for zoning rewrite; CaBi continues to grow; What DC would (not) look without height limit; Gaithersburg to tackle bike-friendly streets; Minimum wage week for Wells. Keep reading…
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The reason cyclists love green bike lanes
Green-painted bike lanes make cycling safer, by reminding car drivers to watch out for cyclists when driving across bike lanes. That’s a great benefit, and it works, but it’s not the main reason so many cyclists get so excited over a little bit of color. Keep reading…
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Alexandria board rejects King Street bike lanes
Alexandria cyclists and city staff agree that King Street west of Old Town could use bike lanes. But after a public hearing November 25, the city’s Traffic and Parking Board recommended not to build them in order to preserve 37 on-street parking spaces. Bike lane proponents say it will improve safety and access to the King Street Metro station, while many nearby residents… Keep reading…