Posts tagged Bus Safety
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Breakfast links: WMATA announces changes intended to reduce Metrobus delays
WMATA seeks to reduce Metrobus delays. Arlington has created new affordable housing, but residents cite major maintenance issues. 79 ANC commissioners ask Mayor Bowser to direct traffic camera revenue to road safety projects. Keep reading…
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Yes, sexual harassment is an urbanist issue
If we urbanists really care about incentivizing people to drive less and walk more, creating an environment where everyone feels safe to do so is an important component. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more problems
Poverty rising in the east; Service cut snapshots; DC workers left behind; Circulator buses safer; Arlington acts on Airbnb; Keeping housing affordable; SelectPass success; Teen riders speak; Derailment in Hoboken; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dedicated Metro funding?
Dedicated funding now; No Metro sales tax; A cause for celebration?; Respect the bus driver; Architecture and aging; Build at Braddock?; Mixed-use to retail; The benefit of city colleges; More wealthy babies; Driver’s ed for everyone; And…. Keep reading…
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Many buses have built-in blind spots that make driving them dangerous
A lot of people want to make Vision Zero a reality, ending preventable deaths on our streets. An often-overlooked barrier to making that happen is blind spots on our buses that leave people using the street at risk because drivers can’t see them. The good news is that fixing the problem is both easy and inexpensive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smaller footprints
Fewer feds raises revenues; Smile, you’re on camera; Paying for permitting; Downsizing; Bridge rebuilding; MARC moves to diesel; Beautification Day no more; Like father, not like son. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Audits for all
On the clock; Don’t forget the buses!; Failure to communicate; “No” at any cost; Sidewalk cycling?; Finding the funding; Fair housing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Wider lanes make city streets more dangerous
The “forgiving highway” approach to traffic engineering holds that wider is safer when it comes to street design. After decades of adherence to these standards, American cities are now criss-crossed by streets with 12-foot wide lanes. As Walkable City author Jeff Speck argued in CityLab last year, this is actually terrible for public safety and the pedestrian environment. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public housing redevelopment
A new neighborhood in Brentwood; Empty in Anacostia; FBI not near the Metro?; Flat is where it’s at; Cheh wants Uber legal; Minimum wage to $8.40; Purple Line OK in Bethesda?; Buses to the curb, please; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rails and trails
Tysons growing up; Advocating for grade separation; A case for rails-with-trails; Bus status anxiety; Streamlining trade; Distracted driving; 1980s gentrification; And…. Keep reading…