Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Videos and lanes
Slow down!; Slow them down with road design; NYC video squad likes our lane; Lanes of enchantment; Purple subway?; JetBlue at National, Southwest too?; A light hearing. Keep reading…
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Amid exciting innovations, DDOT neglecting bus priority
DDOT is moving forward with many exciting transportation projects that will improve DC, from bike lanes to streetcars. However, their plans for these projects fail to also consider the vital task of making our existing bus service more efficient. There are a few key places where lots of buses use a single street, and get slowed down by traffic. According to data from WMATA, the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Profiles in courage and not
A tale of three “cities”; MWAA’s bait and switch; Committee of 500% more expensive; Federal transit benefit benefits Metro; Really a 2-way path?; Police don’t want you to know; The granite nation. Keep reading…
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CFA says no poles, paint on Pennsylvania Avenue
WashCycle is reporting that the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, “in its public meeting last Thursday, expressed its unanimous support for facilitating bicycle use and approved the basic design of the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes, but advised against the installation of the plastic poles and the use of color on the pavement.”… Keep reading…
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Downtown bike lane proposal needs fixes at the ends
Last week, DDOT announced a plan for a set of cutting-edge bike facilities downtown, but the plan does raise some issues. The plan will dramatically improve cycling conditions downtown, but some of the constraints on the plan may call for even more innovative solutions. One of the concerns voiced at Thursday’s meeting was about what happens to the bike lanes on I (Eye) and… Keep reading…
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Listen: Perspectives on DDOT’s downtown bicycle plans
At Thursday’s downtown cycle track meeting, the room was full of people with a lot to say about DDOT’s ambitious plans. Keep reading…
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DDOT shares downtown bicycle facility plans
Last night, the District Department of Transportation shared its proposals for a network of “innovative” bike facilities in downtown Washington. DDOT’s proposal calls for new facilities to be constructed this year along Pennsylvania Avenue, 9th, 15th, I, and L Streets. They hope to have Pennsylvania Avenue facility, which has been championed by U.S. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safer and more affordable
Hit, kill, run; Cycle tracks in College Park?; Affordable housing activity; Off the job for 9 years, come back, derail a train; MV Square market unpermitted, but should be permissible?; After the flood; How are Kenyan riots like the snowpocalypse?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a seat
Couches the next subway ads?; Thomas, the parking scofflaw; Bike lanes: Inviting backlash? Triathlete-related?; Bag fee cuts bags in half; I saw the sign; Three-mile crosswalk; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Semi-secret plans
Whitehurst teardown back?; Secret plan to fix Metro today; Even more bike lane details; Know any great candidates?; Gaithersbungle looms; 2 hours isn’t enough; More food for all. Keep reading…