Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Bike lanes on New Mexico Avenue will benefit everyone
Tonight, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D will vote on a proposal to add bike lanes to Tunlaw Road and New Mexico Avenue between Calvert Street and Nebraska Avenue in Northwest DC. The lanes will benefit cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians alike. New Mexico and Tunlaw form the only connection between two dense but transit-poor neighborhoods, Glover Park and Wesley Heights,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Maryland’s wish list
MD spends on Prince George’s; What should Frederick do?; Housing lost with no replacement; Building bits; No train to the beach; Support New Mexico Avenue bike lanes; Lawsuits slow development; Amtrak gets stuck for 14 hours; And…. Keep reading…
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Maryland considers boulevard design for Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue between 16th Street and Forest Glen Road in Silver Spring’s Montgomery Hills neighborhood is currently a dangerous mess of a suburban arterial. The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is looking at ways to transform it into an urban boulevard. At a meeting last week at Woodlin Elementary School, SHA planners presented 7 alternatives to improve… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you think about Metro
Metro gets good marks…; … but not from Hiatt; More Metro morsels; Survey also says; Bike bits; Transit-oriented Wegmans at Tysons?; Howard tax break dead?; Would living wage scare off Walmart?; Borderstan no more; And…. Keep reading…
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Berliner hammers MCDOT for bad road designs
Plans for White Flint call for roads that accommodate people walking, biking, and sitting at cafes as well as driving, but Montgomery County transportation officials are disregarding those plans, as Dan Reed reported. Councilmember Roger Berliner took them to task in a recent letter. Berliner, who is the County Council’s transportation chair and whose District 1 also… Keep reading…
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Some are pushing to limit sidewalk cycling
People riding bicycles often feel threatened by the minority of rude drivers who get impatient at having to wait behind a slow vehicle and pass too closely, honk, or turn without looking. People walking also feel threatened by a rude minority of bicycle riders who ride quickly on a sidewalk without regard for pedestrians. What should we do? Some residents are trying to push for… Keep reading…
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Community supports bike lanes around H Street
DC transportation officials would like to help cyclists avoid the streetcar tracks, heavy car traffic, and pedestrians along H Street NE. Yesterday, the transportation committees of both Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) along H Street supported a plan to let cyclists ride in both directions on G and I Streets, while keeping car traffic one-way. G & I Streets… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stereotypes
“Gentrifiers” aren’t all white; Bad apples lead to viral videos; Simmons: Roads not rights; Primary will stay a joke; Food trucks get compromise; Bag fee just for food?; Chevy Chase Lake gets changes; Make the MBT safer; Talk bike lanes, safe streets; And…. Keep reading…
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DDOT agrees to repave 15th Street cycle track
15th Street bike commuters, don’t worry about getting those shock absorbers installed. Following months of appeals from the community and elected officials, DC will repave the 15th Street cycle track. The 2-way 15th street cycle track was DC’s first protected bike lane and now carries hundreds of bike commuters during rush hour. When it opened in 2009, then-mayor… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Off to the races
Who won; Who’s running, leaving; Struck around the region; Church wants to move bike lane; Slow down in Arlington; Takoma TOD plan 2.0; Is artificial turf hazardous?; Fundrise: investment or donation?; On the calendar. Keep reading…