Posts tagged Bike Lanes
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Breakfast links: Ways of talking
Teen struck by bullet; Obnoxious GGW commenters make the Post; How to pay for streetcars; Fewer homes on the market: good?; Yglesias on cities; Meters everywhere but no money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Opposition of the week
Wal getting green, not too green; Big growling over Big Bear; Down by the riverside; A less icy Crystal City; King coming to the shore; Do you like the 15th Street cycle track?; Open bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Colors and signs
Stand over there; Green means park; New signs for New York; Local AAA now says “share the road”; Yes! to Fairlawn; Since when is it about accountability?; Purple Line will run big in election; McDonnell backs tolls. Keep reading…
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AAA not at war, just concerned about process?
The backlash against AAA firebrand Lon Anderson’s anti-bike-lane diatribe has gotten the attention of his colleagues at AAA Mid-Atlantic. WashCycle, the Bike League, FABB, WABA, Martin Austermuhle in the Examiner, myself, and others all criticized the inflammatory press release, which got picked up uncritically by Fox 5, Newschannel 8, and (mildly critically)… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s dance
Yup, a Barnes Dance; The sordid saga of 1922 3rd; AAA national doesn’t hate bikes like AAA Mid-Atlantic does; Not a crash at all; Jellef will stay with Maret, get lights; Temporary housing in the backyard? Why not?; Keep buying produce, Bethesda; Walk! ing! Town!. Keep reading…
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Streetcars, bike lanes gain support
While downtown for the streetcar unveiling, Tom Sherwood of News 4 talked to some people about the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes as well and explained DDOT’s efforts toward non-auto transportation in DC: Even random people on the street like the bike lanes, as does our own Michael Perkins (the third person interviewed). Via WashCycle. Matt Johnson also stopped… Keep reading…
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DDOT moves planned I Street cycle track to M Street
As Pennsylvania Avenue gets its new bike lanes, DDOT has adjusted and improved its plans for the other downtown cycle tracks. A DC government source said that the agency has eliminated the proposed westbound cycle track on I Street and shifted it to M Street between 15th and 29th Streets. The reasons for this change are twofold. First, traffic models indicated that removing… Keep reading…
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AAA says “share the road,” AAA Mid-Atlantic hogs it
AAA Mid-Atlantic must not have gotten the memo: bicycles aren’t a scourge to oppose at all costs. May is National Bike Month, and the national organization put out a press release urging drivers to respect bicyclists. “AAA appreciates the continued efforts of stakeholders and transportation officials towards making roads safer for motorists and cyclists alike.”… Keep reading…
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Connect bike lanes through closed Pennsylvania Avenue
In early March, DDOT presented an exciting plan for bike lanes across downtown DC. They are a fantastic step forward, painted lanes or not. Yet there’s one piece DDOT didn’t present: a marked bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue past the White House. Since the two most famous blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue, from 15th to 17th, were closed to traffic, they have provided… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Light rail’s supporters
FTA supports domestic streetcars; Preservationist supports overhead wires; UMD students support Purple Line; VRE getting express, not longer trains; Circulate more this fall; 8 feet long, not wide; Bike Greenbelt. Keep reading…