Posts tagged Bike Parking
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U Street reconstruction rev-U
We’ve seen the plans for mega bulb-outs at 16th and U to improve pedestrian safety, and contraflow bike lanes on New Hampshire from T to W. The reconstruction of 16th and U is part of a larger project to reconstruct U Street from the intersection with Florida Avenue near 18th Street over to the other intersection with Florida Avenue, at 9th Street. The latest engineering designs… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Supply and demand edition
Parking parking everywhere and not a drop for bikes: Despite a city law mandating bike parking, there’s just not enough, leaving racks bursting at office buildings from Friendship Heights to the U.S. Senate, writes the City Paper. And as WashCycle found out, Metro won’t even return calls about renting bike lockers at New Carrollton. Meanwhile, Chicago is building… Keep reading…
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Arbitrary parking ratios at work at UMD
Minimum parking requirements in zoning codes nationwide are almost entirely arbitrary, plucked out of thin air by 1960s planners who were guessing at how much parking they’d want for each kind of development. The result is a crazy patchwork of requirements with little basis in fact. The proposed “Starview” project in College Park shows the folly of slavish adherence… Keep reading…
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New parking recommendations released
Office of Planning has released an updated version of their recommended new zoning regulations for parking. Keep reading…
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A bicycle but no racks at Benning Library
Thursday is the final public meeting for the Benning Library. Below are the latest architectural renderings: Keep reading…
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Entire level of DC USA garage has never been used
Councilmember Jim Graham is rightly very proud of bringing Target and other stores to Columbia Heights, giving residents places to shop and jobs. And many of them are taking Metro. Graham emailed community lists to report that Metro ridership at the Columbia Heights station is up 24% on weekdays and 39% on weekends since the stores opened. Keep reading…
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WashCycle weighs in on Georgetown
The WashCycle weighs in on the Georgetown Transportation Study. In addition to my objection to using Level of Service calculations, they comb through the bike implications and come up with several objections: there’s little about bike lanes except some vague mentions, and nothing about bike parking. In WashCycle’s opinion, “The plan seems geared to moving… Keep reading…
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Draft zoning would mandate bike parking
If people don’t drive to work, they have to walk, take transit, or ride a bicycle (or scooter or rollerblade). Reducing traffic means making all of these methods more appealing. Successful bike commuting requires three main components: bike parking at home, bike parking at work, and shower facilities. The draft zoning regulations require all three of these for new development. Keep reading…