Posts tagged Emergency Vehicles
-
Breakfast links: DC’s new zoning code is here
DC retools zoning laws; Metro has fewer riders, wants shorter hours; A mixed report for Metro safety; Not enough fire trucks; Smaller hospital, bigger hospital; Beyond bike-friendly; And…. Keep reading…
-
Ambulances take longer to reach you if you live east of the Anacostia River
Ambulances in DC generally take longer to respond to neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, and the river itself seems to be part of the cause. This map, which I made using data obtained from DC FEMS under the Freedom of Information Act, shows areas of the city where the proportion of all critical 911 calls where an ambulance took more than 10 minutes to arrive at the scene from the time… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Over the hill
40th birthday challenges; Another safety leader bites the dust; Pay to stay out of crime; Development opportunities abound; Torpedo Factory factions; More ambulances for DC; No-fly zone blues; Urban desires and reality. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: More Shelters, fewer riders
Shelters out-of-place?; Ridership down; To peak or not-peak; Toxic department; Bus lane patience; Taxing Reston; Pay to build?; BRT in Richmond; Breaking even; Ackridge out. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Cool enough for Olympics?
DC for 2024 Olympics?; Touting benefits of hosting Olympics; DC unveils “cool” new marketing campaign; DC area still ranks high for meetings; Residents still unhappy with 5333 Connecticut; Suspicions confirmed?; Laurel mixed-use to promote art; Easy way to protect cyclists?; Something smells; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Regulatory choices
Large retailers may have to pay more; Food truck rules going down; NPS stepping back on Penn; Utility problems; Compare bikeshare geographically; Companies quiet on transit nationally; And …. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
Streetcar almost done; Affordable housing takes hit; Pentagon fudged on BRAC numbers; Bike thefts growing problem; Mixed neighborhoods are prefered; From one election to another; Drivers apparently oblivious; CaBi data dump; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: On the streets of Arlington
Cyclist doored, police don’t take report; Arlington rejects design by fire truck; Is Rosslyn evolving?; Klein defends DDOT; Businesses fight late-night cuts; Various guards don’t know you can photograph buildings; Coucil may raid solar rebates; News without wires; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Virginia all-in for roads
VA senate passes McDonnell’s roads plan; Wider roads top priority in new report; More “design by fire truck”; DoD should be chipping in for transportation; Evans unfazed by Snyder lawsuit; Development team selected for New Carrollton; Pepco frustration continues, MoCo eyes other options; More research says cities safer than suburbs for kids; Remembering freedom bus rides; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Power struggles
Pepco has reliability problems; Orange Crush will continue; Fairfax Fire and Rescue wants design by fire truck; Education advice for Gray; Traffic deaths down in DC; More pay-by-cell parking in MoCo; Ghost bike in Fairfax; A responsive transit agency in Rhode Island; And…. Keep reading…