Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: One step forward…
MARC weekend service; Silver Line delays cost millions; Food truck lottery causes retool; Pepco requests rate hike; Commuting down; Plead for Metro customer service; Overhaul in Madrid; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome back
Purple Line may impact endangered species; Food trucks receive lotteried spots; Fatal derailment in New York; Bike trains help novices; Finer street grids improve walkability; Germany plans deep emissions cuts; Kolkata cyclists protest ban; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Leftovers
Silver Line parking; The future of RFK; Costco’s gas loophole; New noise ordinances; A better bridge?; Build your own virtual street; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Its too cold!
M Street cycletrack delayed; Fire Department upgraded; CSX trouble in Navy Yard; No federal grant for Greenleaf; DC area ranks high for college; Thankful for more service; Car sharing comes to RPP; Detroit considers highway removal; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Bikes, beers, and beekeeping
Speak up for bike lanes in Alexandria tonight, and then after Thanksgiving, discuss education with David Catania, talk about civic engagement, and learn something new and nerdy. Support King Street bike lanes: Come show your support tonight (Monday, November 25) for bike lanes on King Street in Alexandria at November’s Public Meeting of the Traffic and Parking Board. Keep reading…
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Couple berates cyclist for reporting van in bike lane
Last night, a cyclist nearly hit a van blocking the L Street cycletrack and decided to report it to the police. That’s when he met Fred and Fran Smith, the husband-and-wife heads of a conservative think tank who started berating him for “minding other people’s business.” Keep reading…
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MoveDC plan proposes 70 miles of cycletracks
DC could one day have 70 miles of protected bike lanes, if the latest proposal from DDOT becomes reality. The proposal comes as part of the latest draft of MoveDC, DDOT’s master plan. It’s still only a proposal, and has not been approved by the DC Council. But what an exciting proposal it is! Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Happy hour tonight, Catania December
Tonight (Thursday) is the next Greater Greater Washington happy hour! Also, mark your calendars for a Greater Greater Education forum with David Catania on the evening of December 9, and a late afternoon talk with me about growing civic engagement on December 5. We’ve been rotating happy hours between DC, Maryland, and Virginia, and now it’s DC’s turn again. Keep reading…
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U-Md. Baltimore County embraces bikeshare
Since it opened in the 1960s, the University of Maryland Baltimore County in Catonsville has been known as a commuter school. But university officials are giving students alternatives to driving to campus, starting with a new bikeshare program. Sitting at the intersection of interstate highways 695, 195, and 95, UMBC’s campus just outside Baltimore was designed for… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The political consequences
The GOP’s Virginia hopes; Conservatives take on transit; Japan’s big maglev offer; Instant biking cities; Where are the fed jobs?; Monday night derailment; Pentagon City Mall improvements; Bike lanes planned for North Bethesda; DC approves licenses for the undocumented; Around the world. Keep reading…