Posts tagged Construction
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Too many construction sites close sidewalks without walkway
A DDOT policy requires construction sites to maintain a walkway for pedestrians. But at numerous sites around the city, this doesn’t happen. Many construction sites inconvenience and endanger pedestrians, while site developers use former sidewalks as staging areas. DDOT’s Pedestrian Safety and Work Zone Standards Order from 2007 states: “Traffic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar pays
Streetcar pays for itself; Not much on state of transportation; No south exit at Dupont; Cab company shut down; Georgetown fights to keep corner grocer; HPRB nominee too “rigid”?; No more landed gentry requirement; And…. Keep reading…
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Paint is cheap, but makes a big difference on roads
The 11th Street Bridge Project has a pricetag of $300 million. DC’s new streetcar network will cost tens of millions of dollars. Transportation infrastructure is obviously expensive. Not all the time, though. Sometimes, a couple gallons of paint can improve or create new transportation infrastructure as well. For as little as $8 a gallon, (plus labor costs), the streets… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trains, cars of the future, roads of the past
High trail, grass tracks; Car of the future even more dangerous to peds, bikes?; AASHTO: More highways, and more, and more; WashTimes vs HOT lanes; Dog poop forensics; Graphic texting ad coming to South Carolina; Bad contractor destroys two houses. Keep reading…