Posts tagged Crash Charges
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A community mourns Abdul Seck and demands safer roads east of the Anacostia
The sun was setting as neighbors, supporters and mourners gathered on a hilly corner in Anacostia on Wednesday, April 24 to say goodbye and celebrate the life of someone gone too soon. Abdul Seck, 31, from Bronx, New York City, was killed this past Easter Sunday during a fatal traffic crash that injured five others, including two children. Keep reading…
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Is 18 months in jail for killing a cyclist lenient or not?
Phillip Peoples, driving his car at 12th Street and Constitution Avenue NW on September 24, killed Thomas Hollowell who was on a bicycle. Peoples was sentenced to 18 months in prison last month. Should the sentence have been more, or less? Keep reading…
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Alexandria is getting serious about eliminating pedestrian injuries and fatalities
Alexandria has a serious problem with drivers hitting pedestrians, and poor data collection means that it's hard to get a handle on the extent of the problem. Now some crash survivors are working to eliminate pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better inspections, fewer derailments
Derailed by missing inspections; Next steps for the Purple Line; Tunnel to NoMa; Orange’s ethics; Metro cuts from data feed; Pedestrian killed in Old Town; England <3 traffic circles; Sea rise, homes under tide; Like data? Work for Metro!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety and SafeTrack alternatives
No stop as yield in DC; A promenade for who?; VRE as a SafeTrack alternative; CaBi key fobs on the spot; One-way Zipcar; Farewell parking, hello mixed-use; No charges in Alexandria crash; The cost of sprawl. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stuck on track work
Troubled track work; People are riding less; School daze in DC; A MARC alternative to Metro?; A tragic crash and its day in court; The bikeway goes green; Across the river, the Red House; Highlights of NYC’s Lowline; SafeTrack hack. Keep reading…
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This man’s reckless driving killed four people, including two children. Should he be in jail?
This is part 3 in a series on traffic enforcement. Read part 1 on DC’s proposed fines and part 2 about how traffic cameras could be more swift, certain, and fair. Though raising traffic fines might not deter lawbreaking, people often feel a harsh punishment is appropriate anyway for the most egregious acts. Here’s one man who was about the worst driver ever. What if… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Got a GM
A general manager, almost; More time for PTC; Teetering toward tolls; Creative cops; Test the testing; Drive-to urbanism; For the public good, or not; The self-driving choice; Idaho in Europe. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Autumn of our discontent
What’s next for Museum Square; Red card Buzzard Point; Fight fires not parking tickets; Don’t blame pedestrians; Salary standstill; Uber to the rescue; Two wheels or two feet?; Which city?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Reckless resolution
Plea for hit-and-run; Sidewalk success; Give the people what they want; The social stoop; Forget the flag; Words were involved in an article-related incident; Metro systems by the numbers; And…. Keep reading…