Posts tagged Europe
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Breakfast links: Thanks for not driving
War on cars begins at college; Car sharing’s big impact on auto sales; Mixed-use to replace urban farm; Fare hikes greatly impact disabled; Marijuana bill called discriminatory; Battle against development sprawl; Envision public spaces with snow; Mind the strike; Big trouble in little China?; And…. Keep reading…
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Europe’s real streetcar lesson: Context matters
In the ongoing debate about where and when to build streetcars, the topic of whether they should run in mixed-traffic or dedicated lanes is a major point of contention. But outside the ivory tower of the blogosphere, it’s not an ideological question so much as a contextual one. Keep reading…
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Yes, there are new mixed-traffic streetcars in Europe
In an attempt to discredit the concept of streetcars, some opponents erroneously claim that other first-world countries don’t build mixed-traffic rail. So let’s set the record straight: Yes they do. Plenty. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Saving the city
Self-policing DC; Best design of the year?; Shaw and Anacostia sites ready for development; Pay-to-play meter deal; Defense of streetcar in Arlington; Urbanism from scratch; 1 car = 10 bikes; 11-year BRT timeline; Utah’s transit gem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shiny new things
New Metro railcars; Euro-trains coming to US; Can streetcar and delivery trucks coexist?; Taxi issues pile up; Monument shedding scaffolding; Boat club keeps water access; Leave your electronic devices on; Technology not reducing Millennial driving; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All the possibilities
Stadium projects in Washington region; Height Act public hearings; Money for DC small businesses; Construction of new Metrobus garage underway; MoCo tackles overcrowding; Bikes outsell cars in Europe; Development follows streetcar lines; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moment of silence
One dead, two injured; Solving the Orange Crush; Walkability a civil right; Parkway won’t help Dulles; Cafritz project has long history; Have smartphone, will travel; Second-tier cities become green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Glacial” progress on trails
Rock Creek Trail fixes slowly moving; Will MoCo CaBi lead to sidewalk riding?; More bike bits; Major Red Line problems; DC will cut sales tax, some fares; DC boom might slow?; Narrow Wilson Boulevard?; Air travel and DCA redux; Young adults still want libraries; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Surprising popularity
Reservations over Reservation 13; Traffic cameras are popular; MoCo CaBi coming; Floreen wants lanes; Do we need another highway?; Walk the long way to VRE; More power for ethics?; Small units get big; Safer without stoplights; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plans for the future
Narrow here, wide there; Cycle track’s death greatly exaggerated; Sustainable politics; The future of Fairfax is smart growth; DASH gets bike racks; Sequester in the park; No longer in the zone?; And…. Keep reading…