Posts tagged Ddot
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Breakfast links: It’s unaffordable
Gray wants more affordable housing; Will the next mayor agree?; Condo supply low in DC area; Streetcar yard under construction; Driver disobeys, then challenges law; Maryland stalls marijuana decriminalization; AP disses DC on capitalization; Do you Ride On?; Why’s CaBi’s healthier than CiBi; The science of 400 meters; Thanks for the fooling. Keep reading…
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Florida Avenue NE and nearby streets could get wider sidewalks and bike lanes
Florida Avenue, NE and other roads in the area could become safer and more comfortable to walk and bike along in the future. The public will get to see several options this week that would widen sidewalks and add bike lanes to key roads. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT), along with consultants Kittelson & Associates and Rhodeside & Harwell, has been working with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay out, new residents
NYC power politics; Bethesda worries, too; Pols pander on parking; Renewed FBI push; Judge says no to recreation centers; You can park inside; Cheap parking pushes driving; And….; And and…. Keep reading…
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DC pulls back on the one bus lane it was actively planning
The snail’s pace of progress on speeding up DC’s busy bus routes has taken another step, but a step backward: A dedicated bus lane east and west across downtown has moved from being on the list of projects to build in the near future back to the purgatory of projects in planning. Elected leaders and transportation officials have been talking for several years about… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One lane battle ends, another begins
Alexandria bike lanes move forward; Long road for bus lane; Residents demand lower speed limits; Why Metro? Why now?; Freeze for Route 460; What’s next for the Lorton dump?; When will Fenton Village spring?; Where the inequality isn’t; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Who do you believe?”
The state we’re in; Housing the homeless; The money trail; Height limit in the House; Parks and recreation; Water tower enclosure has few fans; DC could vote on pot; No scratch-offs with your cupcake; Rush hour robbers; And…. Keep reading…
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Adding 15-minute Circulator routes would dilute the Circulator brand
What makes the DC Circulator different from “a regular bus”? Is it just that it’s red? The lines are a little straighter? Or is the only difference that the DC government controls it instead of WMATA? If DC officials don’t have a clear vision, they might wreck the success they’ve built. The Circulator is a great bus because it runs on short headways… Keep reading…
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Mayoral challengers criticize the Gray administration’s streetcar progress
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over the course of a few weeks. See all of the interviews here. Love it or hate it, DC is building a streetcar, but there have been a lot of delays in getting it running. We already posted… Keep reading…
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After a decade in service, where could the Circulator go next?
As the DC Circulator celebrates its tenth anniversary, planners are weighing options for the system’s continued growth. Tuesday evening, they held a public forum at Eastern Market to talk about ways to expand the Circulator and unveiled a new bus paint scheme. Having expanded from two routes to five, the Circulator’s core function remains to offer a frequent,… Keep reading…
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Striping will start soon for contraflow bike lanes on G and I Streets NE
Now that spring is around the corner, DC is getting ready to install new bike lanes around H Street NE. Signs have started going up on G and I Streets NE for bicycles to legally travel in both directions on each street. For cars, I Street remains one-way eastbound, while G Street is one-way westbound. According to an email from the District Department of Transportation… Keep reading…