Posts tagged Crime
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Breakfast links: Tensions on and off the bike
Enforce bike parking rules; Conflict is the bike story; Tensions in Hill East; Questions surround Big K site in Anacostia; A glimpse at MLK Memorial; More NoMA park responses; Raise my taxes, please; Toronto surrenders (to cars); And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Irrational conduct on roads
Ur doing it wrong, traffic engineers; Bikes should defer to irrational drivers; BART has farecard cheating problem; How walkable is your VA or MD city?; Why is urbanism liberal?; Revisiting the flawed Urban Mobility Report; Bus driver recovers ghost bike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: At the market
Free marketeers for government subsidies; Market-rate hate crimes; Reckless driver sues victim’s family; Gray might raise parking taxes; Tregoning for DMPED?; Security theater proliferates at area airports; NoMA is in good shape; And…. Keep reading…
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Let bicycles park inside New York Avenue Metro
WMATA should consider adding bicycle parking inside the New York Avenue/Florida Avenue/Gallaudet University Metro station to address the problems with theft and vandalism that plague many bike-Metro commuters, including myself just a few days ago. Two weeks ago Michael Perkins wrote about the need for more bicycle parking at the East Falls Church Metro station. The popularity… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Questionable actions
PG County Executive and wife arrested; No more free Smithsonians?; Herndon Metro plan raises differing opinions; DC crime concentrated in pockets; M and New Jersey SE will start (Barnes) dancing; Montgomery moves closer to car sharing; Metro wants to hire vets; Driver charged in hit-and-run on S. Capitol; And…. Keep reading…
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How do people cheat on transit fares?
The New York Subway recently announced a fare hike for their unlimited monthly pass, after debating whether to limit the pass to only 90 rides in a month. What’s behind this move? Are there really transit users that ride too much transit? Should Metro consider such a move? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Only in Fairfax
Ped killed where crosswalk unmarked; Why not Fairfax County Avenue?; Fairfax looking to add bike lockers; Write-in results still weeks away; Teacher arrest highlights problems in and out of school; Why are bus fares lower?; WMATA will inspect all escalators; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Election Day!
Vote today; Voting on transportation; Need for speed becomes need for flame?; New and old side by side; Work begins on 15th Street bike lane extension; What happened to Metro Saturday?; Some DC teachers get “Ovation”; New Anacostia license plate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Governors versus transit
Purple Line money’s there, just not there; Christie cancels ARC, again; Another near miss on Metro uncovered; Where will Ward 8 go?; What to do with Bruce Monroe?; How to make ANCs lean less anti; Old Town Alexandria meters get cheaper; Use a car tire to inflate a bike tire; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Where cycling is valued
Lincoln Park getting ped, bike treatment; Thanks for cycling, rest your foot; More bikes than cars; Burglaries drop in DC; Atlanta, New Haven and the Bronx get the TIGER; Solar’s agenda lights up; Round and round. Keep reading…