Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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Enough broken promises from DDOT
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) promised to complete a number of important projects by now or by the end of this year. Quick quiz: Can you identify which of these have met or will meet the promised deadline? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Federal holiday transit blues
Veterans Day commuting delays; Close calls on L Street cycletrack; Purple Line deal sweeteners; Buses connect to Silver Line; DC’s theater boom; Atlanta Braves leave Atlanta; And…. Keep reading…
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A narrower L Street cycletrack could keep drivers out
The L Street cycletrack has made it easier to bike across downtown DC, but it’s wide enough that drivers often park or drive in it, endangering cyclists. But slightly adjusting the buffer between the cycletrack and the travel lanes could keep them out. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving On
How much did the shutdown cost Metro?; Huntington development moves forward; Virginia Sq. planning mismatch; Heating plant gets another hearing; Major bike moves in MoveDC; Green paint for bike lanes; Traffic could be worse; Taxi drivers protest credit card fees; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of the bike lane
Drivers ignore cycle tracks; DDOT hall of shame; A pop-up ban?; Nobody votes for the mayor anymore; Taxi drivers sue city to stop impounding cars; Metro accomplishes safety recommendations; Whole Foods comes to H Street NE; Big change in China?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…
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Will cycletrack barriers on Pennsylvania Avenue work?
In response to drivers making U-turns across the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, DDOT has completed the first stage of installing a special kind of barrier called a Zebra. Now that the Zebras are out in the wild, will they work? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Should DC grow taller?
Opposition to height limit changes vocal; Reasons to support Height Act changes; Bike lanes timeline uncertain; McMillan project renderings available; Silver Line open in February?; DC demographics keep changing; Public-private partnership for Purple Line?. Keep reading…
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Notes from Seattle: Neighborhood greenways
Several GGW editors and contributors are in Seattle this week for the Railvolution conference. While there, they’ll offer a series of short posts about their experiences. Seattle residents were sick of speeding cut-through traffic on neighborhood streets. In response, the city is creating a network of “neighborhood greenways” designed to slow drivers… Keep reading…