Posts tagged Ddot
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Breakfast links: Utterly official
Another option, please; Purple Line delayed again; White flag; The People’s House; Construction blocks; Better buses; Stamp of approval; Strike snarls commutes; And…. Keep reading…
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Residents push for stop signs, not a wider road, at one Petworth intersection
In April, two cars collided at Kansas Avenue and Quincy Street NW. Crashes at the intersection aren’t uncommon, and residents and ANC commissioners are asking for a four-way stop. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hogan’s choices
Purple haze; Red riot; Highway work; Metro’s next steps; Worth the cost; Need parking?; Bad roads; Fair housing win; And…. Keep reading…
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The wheels on the bus go… not to the right
The new Circulator route on the National Mall hit a snafu this week. Three buses blocked an intersection for over half an hour by not deviating from their routes even when a traffic collision made staying the course impossible. Keep reading…
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The Circulator will start on the National Mall on Sunday
DC’s Circulator bus is going to start operating on the National Mall this Sunday, June 14th. Keep reading…
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Cyclists got tickets for riding on a short one-way half-block. There’s a better way to design this street
Last month, police ticketed bicyclists riding the wrong way on M Street near the Convention Center, POPville reported. We asked our contributors and DDOT what they think is the right solution in this area. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dulles action
Loudoun United soccer?; Needed: New Dulles airline?; Mall Circulator coming, sometime; Hurry up, WMATA; Maryland Avenue moves; Don’t demolish homes; No more moratorium; Frack no. Keep reading…
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DC made it more appealing to drive through East of the River neighborhoods to get between Maryland and Virginia. You’ll never guess what happened next.
When DC rebuilt the 11th Street Bridge with more lanes and more highway ramps, officials insisted it would make traffic better, while many worried it would only worsen the situation by encouraging drivers to cut through DC between Maryland and Virginia. Now, residents east of the Anacostia say that the change has been a disaster for their communities. Keep reading…
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Have you noticed anything different about DC’s traffic signals?
Over the past two years, and especially over the past few months, the District Department of Transportation has re-timed hundreds of traffic signals throughout DC. Most recently, many stoplights downtown have been reprogrammed, which means that the street network now works very differently. Keep reading…
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Beyond Metro, there’s no big idea for transit in DC anymore
The excellent Housing Complex writer Aaron Wiener is leaving the local reporting scene for a position at Mother Jones. For his valedictory column, he proposes 15 “not-so-modest proposals for how to make DC better.” The first three cover transit. So what’s the big pie-in-the-sky for transit? First: “Build new Metro lines.” Second: “At… Keep reading…