Posts tagged Ddot
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2.5 minutes of extra walking is not nothing
This week’s Walkblock of the Week highlighted the closed sidewalk at Connecticut and Yuma, NW. To get to the Franklin Montessori School from the Van Ness Metro, people have to walk past the school, to Albemarle Stret, and double back. Is this a big deal? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cash crunch in Maryland
A transportation guy; Purple money; Burlesque show in Chinatown?; On the waterfront; The College Park try; Towers in a park; Frozen; Not enough bikeways; Capitol Hill grinch; And…. Keep reading…
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Walkblock of the Week #2: Connecticut and Yuma NW
Construction is certainly a part of life, but when it closes sidewalks, it can make walking more difficult and dangerous. DC’s policies require keeping a safe passage for people walking and bicycling, but that doesn’t always happen. On Connecticut Avenue just north of the Van Ness Metro, a two block-long construction site blocks the sidewalk and stops students… Keep reading…
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DC streets will get seven new miles of bikeways in 2015
DDOT has released a list of new bikeways it will add in 2015. Although most of the additions this year will be short, they’re important. This year’s work will specifically focus on closing gaps in the network, in order to make existing bike lanes more useful. Keep reading…
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Even more development may come to North Capitol Street. Will transportation be ready?
A whole new mixed-use neighborhood may soon arise on a portion of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the large 272-acre estate off North Capitol Street. Will the new neighborhood become an isolated suburban island, or integrate into the urban fabric of the city? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch a ride
Uber 1, taxis 0; Snow pricing; Someday, maybe; Empowerment or equality; Kid free DC; Key to bikeshare success; So long, team?; And…. Keep reading…
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Walkblock of the week #1: 16th and I
In a booming city, construction is part of life. But when construction closes sidewalks it makes walking more difficult and dangerous. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has a policy requiring that construction closures keep a safe path open for pedestrians and cyclists, but that often doesn’t happen in reality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Happy birthday Greater Greater Washington!
We’re 7!; More trains just for DC?; More on Metro; No tax Hogan; Protect Purple; No streetcar schedule; Gondola transit; Virginians retiring; More bikes in Baltimore; And…. Keep reading…
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Where to go wireless: The next big streetcar question
Now that DC’s oft-delayed H Street streetcar is hopefully near opening, DDOT officials are planning the next wave of lines. One of the biggest emerging questions (besides the role of dedicated lanes) is where the streetcars should run without wires. DC has important monumental views that wires could impact. Therefore, DDOT has been promising hybrid streetcars… Keep reading…
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Who can help when a bus shelter map is missing?
I frequently notice bus shelters whose big paper maps are missing. Who is supposed to replace them? Keep reading…