Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Better biking and those who fume at it
L Street lane could get a curb; Benches, CaBi at Commerce Department; AAA vs. safe driving; DC #1 at not being like Texas; Cuccinelli’s gas tax plan; Miller intros transportation plan; FBI would hurt Loudoun?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suddenly there came a tapping
The Post in DC nevermore?; Gandhi’s tell-tale heart; PG schools would purloin your letters; The facts in the case of M. Driver; Retail bugs Golden Triangle; The premature burial of pedestrian safety; Prevents the descent after the maelstrom; The system of reaching Doctor Tarr; The fall of the house-ownership myth; Quoth…. Keep reading…
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Who’s blocking the L Street bike lane today?
Ever since the L Street bike lane opened (and while DDOT was building it), for-hire sedans, delivery trucks, and other vehicles have consistently parked in the lane, despite signs, bollards, and new loading zones across the street or around the corner to serve buildings’ loading needs. Keep reading…
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New Jersey Avenue streetscape plans change slightly
DDOT has made a number of changes to its design for New Jersey Avenue NW between H and N Streets from its previous draft in late July, but the main elements remain — making the road two-way and adding bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare needs more bike lanes to work in MoCo
Capital Bikeshare will expand into Montgomery County next year, but bicycling advocates say the infrastructure isn’t ready for it. If the county’s serious about making bikeshare work, they need to make bicycling safe and comfortable as soon as the first bikes are out. This week, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and MoBike recommended that almost 20… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Councilmember wishes
Buses may still come to Ivy City; Money order ban; Go green to save green; Plow Arlington; Long Branch bets on transit; Count on it; People talk commutes; And…. Keep reading…
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Landscape architects envision a greener Chinatown
How could Chinatown be a greener and more livable neighborhood? Designers from the American Society of Landscape Architects and Fuss & O’Neill created a vision for an inter-connected series of green “complete streets,” with new, safer bicycle lanes, a pedestrian-friendly “festival street,” and a central hub for new street-level sustainability… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bonded
Dems make Bonds interim councilmember; Judge blocks Ivy City yard; Arlington rejects electric taxis; Bethesda could be better for bikes; From parking to park; DC still the Corcoran’s home; DC one of the choiciest; Tax land, not buildings?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Votes and non-votes
DC Council votes; Tysons tax vote pushed back; Olson “too Arlington” for PG?; Gray not into autonomy vote; L Street lane opens, M is next; A “bike beltway” for Towson?; Court hears psychic’s zoning challenge; Not throwing stones; More infrastructure $?; And…. Keep reading…
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Bike lanes and jobs are not mutually exclusive
Bike lanes have lately become a proxy for all things that benefit affluent residents. But juxtaposing bike infrastructure with a program like job training distorts reality, because bicycle infrastructure costs a miniscule amount compared to job programs, and actually helps poor residents gain better access to jobs. Last week, Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy… Keep reading…