Posts tagged Capital Crescent Trail
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Breakfast links: 225 housing units still planned for Adams Morgan
225 units planned across developments in Adams Morgan. Arlington County Schools start 2023 with their first electric buses. Amidst growing costs, MoCo Executive pushes to delay Capital Crescent Tunnel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple Line still slated to open in 2026
MTA officials brief MoCo Council on Purple Line challenges. Some tenants of rent-controlled buildings criticize DC’s housing voucher policy. Arlington considers adding free transfers on Arlington Transit buses. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County is finding creative ways for people to reclaim streets during the pandemic
Over the past several weeks, government agencies, advocates, and residents in Montgomery County have found creative ways to reclaim unused space for recreational use, dining, and more during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep reading…
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Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal meet misanthropic planning attitudes
The Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal in Georgetown is largely a desolate place, but a new plan aims to bring life back to the canal as it historically had. But not everyone thinks a livelier C&O Canal is a good idea, particularly the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, which has called the plans an ill-advised attempt to recreate New York’s wildly sucessful “High Line” park. Keep reading…
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MoCo’s Planning Board puts car speed over safety at a crossing where a cyclist died
Counter to the advice of its own staff and the county’s goal of eliminating road deaths, the Montgomery County Planning Board voted to add two lanes back to Little Falls Parkway at the dangerous Capital Crescent Trail crossing where a cyclist died. The new plan would also reroute the trail crossing to Arlington Road a few yards away. Keep reading…
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Push for changes to a Capital Crescent Trail intersection where a cyclist died
Two years ago, a cyclist was tragically struck and killed by a driver at the intersection of the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) and Little Falls Parkway. After this incident, the local parks service reduced car lanes to one each way and lowered the speed limit. It has worked incredibly well, and Montgomery County should make the changes permanant. Keep reading…
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Don’t make this Little Falls Parkway crossing deadly again
After a cyclist was struck and killed by a driver at the intersection of the Capital Crescent Trail and Little Falls Parkway in late 2016, the local parks service put in temporary measures to slow traffic in the area. So far this “road diet” has been successful, and the parks service is considering what elements to make permanent. However, some want to return to four lanes. Keep reading…
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Georgetown gets a new K/Water Street bikeway, but also complaints
Along the industrial road underneath the Whitehurst Freeway in Georgetown known as K Street or Water Street, DC's newest protected bikeway has been under construction. But some are saying it's causing too many traffic backups. Is there a problem requiring changes, or is this something that will work itself out over time? Keep reading…
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Events: Safer biking, better connectivity, and…tacos!
Making it easier to get from Columbia Heights to Brookland, making Capital Crescent safer, art and taco bike ride, bike hack night, and more in events this week. Keep reading…
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A trail in Bethesda will close for five years due to the Purple Line. It’s totally worth it.
Today, the Georgetown Branch Trail in Montgomery County closes for several years for Purple Line construction. While I'll miss it, losing the trail will be worth what we get in return Keep reading…