Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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1st Street NE may get cycle track
DDOT is considering a 3-block cycle track on 1st Street, NE from K to M Streets to help people biking between the Metropolitan Branch Trail or NoMa and Union Station and places farther south. The off-road segment along west side of the railroad tracks currently runs from L Street in the south to Franklin Street in the north. However, it has a set of stairs just north of L, so cyclists… Keep reading…
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Activate Ward Circle for pedestrians and cyclists
The center of Ward Circle near American University is an unused and wasted space. The road design heavily favors car traffic and features few bicycle or pedestrian facilities. Closing some traffic lanes and adding pedestrian crosswalks and bike lanes could make Ward Circle a more coherent public space. The center of the circle, at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crumbling no longer
Walmart site was “land banked”; See National Cathedral’s damage; Metrobus steps up tracking; DC’s GU campus posture unfair; DC has deadliest week this year; Middle schools inequitable across the river?; NPS working with pedicabs; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Taxes and spending
Taxis and taxes; Be patient with VA’s surplus; SmarTrip changes coming; It’s the zoning, stupid!; New York installs benches; Chicago’s poor attempt at congestion pricing; Philly testing complete street designs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Inner city blues
East of the river’s self-fulfilling prophecy; Howland can’t use transportation the rest of us do; Right-to-Life Metro; Driver assaults group of cyclists on parkway; Can we get streetscape relief right?; How long is your commute?; MD redistricting advances; Charm City removes bike lane; community asks why?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Calm traffic to improve your life
Slow down to speed up; Calm circles for Arlington?; Elevator problems plague NYC; Bike the Big Easy; Party… like it’s 1776; MoCo requires a bike sharing station; Reconsider your commute; Gov. Brown makes streets more dangerous; And…. Keep reading…
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Hyattsville is a prime candidate for Capital Bikeshare
Last week, I argued that that Capital Bikeshare can and should be as integral DC’s suburbs as it has become to the city. One suburb well-suited for such a transformation is the city of Hyattsville. Much of this Prince George’s County city of about 17,500 is highly conducive to biking already. It boasts quiet streets with slow traffic, bike paths and parks, and numerous… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Visible progress
Montgomery zoning rewrite is good; 15th Street cycle track now for cyclists again; See Metro rebuild tracks; What to do with RFK?; Too many hotels?; Metro dealing with full parking lots; 2 bike deaths, 1 set of charges; And…. Keep reading…
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Suburbs are the next frontier for bike sharing
Capital Bikeshare has proved to be a roaring success and is inspiring similar systems across the country. Though there’s typically popular demand for more stations in DC’s core, CaBi’s eventual expansion to the region’s suburbs could be a boon. CaBi’s success has sparked bike sharing networks in Denver, Miami Beach, and Boston. Though CaBi… Keep reading…
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DDOT seeks community input on R Street bike improvements
The R Street NW bike lane is an important east-west thoroughfare for cyclists in DC, stretching from Massachusetts Avenue NW to Florida Avenue NW. The only gap remaining is 6 blocks between Florida Avenue and the Metropolitan Branch Trail. DDOT hopes to fill this gap soon. On Saturday morning, local ANC Commissioners hosted representatives from DDOT to meet with residents… Keep reading…