Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Walkable, bikeable Virginia?
King Street turns towards peds; Bikes not part of a mosaic; More get on board with Metro; Another taxi app; St. Thomas mixed-use?; The camera fight to the north; Regions aren’t equal; States opt back in to trail funding; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving on
There was history before you; Ride sharing apps meet regulators; CEO cuts corners, trees; Line dead in suicide; SHA goes on a diet; GOP hates cities?; Texas faces high cost of roads; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life on the street
Food trucks collect tax; Slow down on 17th Street; More disability parking?; Don’t dump in this yard; A vote for autonomy; Change Stead Park?; Is mobile technology rewiring cities?; New York streets get more dangerous; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The future is soon
Water in McMillan’s future?; Autoload is coming; Underground power?; Less green, more sign; Help Fairfax pay for transport; Politicians off the ticket; Less driving alone; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Work in tech
We’re tops for tech jobs; In the Council; iUsers lose transit; Camera on the move; Library of the future?; Not helping anymore; Terps trim shuttle service; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Portland provides some urban inspiration for DC
Portland has achieved near-cult status in urbanist circles for its progressive development and transportation policies. All is not perfect in Portland, but there are lot of great things we can take away from the City of Roses. The city has a thriving downtown, and walkable inner-ring neighborhoods. It sports an extensive transit network and unbeatable bike infrastructure. … Keep reading…
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A 4th option for M Street SE/SW
M Street SE/SW is not a very good street. It’s has more car lanes than it needs, and it isn’t hospitable to bikes and pedestrians. Unfortunately, the options in a study by DDOT and CH2M Hill unnecessarily force a choice between bikes and transit. Cyclists need a decent crosstown route, or maybe two. Transit vehicles should stay on M Street, to serve the densest part… Keep reading…
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Bikes or streetcars on M Street SE/SW?
Should M Street SE/SW have a cycle track? Or a dedicated streetcar and bus lane? Or neither? A transportation study says we’ll have to choose. Advocates for every mode of travel would like to have space on M Street. It’s currently the only street that goes east-west all the way through the Southwest Waterfront and Near Southeast neighborhoods. Bicyclists would like… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Add transit
Everyone wants more transit; Go express to Tysons; Another set of bus changes; Food trucks get an hour; Fix bike routes in OpenStreetMap; Bikeshare or bike lanes?; A Long time coming; Tech that could change cities; And…. Keep reading…
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New Hampshire Avenue latest to get 2-way and bike lanes
DDOT is on a roll changing roads from traffic sewers to multimodal neighborhood streets. It’s remaking New Jersey Avenue, and now you can add New Hampshire Avenue in Foggy Bottom and the West End to the mix. An upcoming streetscape project will add bike lanes between Washington Circle and Dupont Circle, bulb-outs at some corners, and change the one-way segment north of… Keep reading…