Posts tagged Government
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Breakfast links: Green and/or parking
College Park should be green; Solar Decathlon; Parking pushback; Green(ish) parking; No grid for Benning; “Racial” arguments make HOT suit hotter; Circulator to Rosslyn?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Students getting around
Elementary public works; Fairfax teens can use the bus; Even underground isn’t good enough; Mean streets and tracks; Is congestion pricing bad for the environment?; New MDOT chief more focused on transit?; Register your car already. Keep reading…
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Cheh wants to restore “professionalism” in traffic calming
DC Councilmember Mary Cheh yesterday introduced a bill to require DDOT to conduct a formal analysis of traffic patterns before installing speed bumps or other “high-impact” traffic calming measures. The bill would essentially require DDOT to return to a previous policy, similar to their procedures on other traffic changes like rush-hour parking restrictions. Keep reading…
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Medical Center “secret plan” revealed
The Action Committee for Transit has gotten a look at Montgomery County’s secret plans for the Medical Center Metro area. Maryland’s Congresspeople got a $20 million DoD grant to make it easier for workers and nearby residents to walk to and from the station, facilitating greater transit use as BRAC grows both facilities. At the last minute, however, the Montgomery… Keep reading…
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Innovation resistance at Metro, part 4: What flaws?
Last week, I explored some of the reasons Metro has resisted, from top-down thinking to unrealistic views of Google to myopia about revenue. There may be another factor at work: Many within Metro simply don’t perceive the value of letting people use the Google Transit trip planner. After all, there’s already a trip planner on wmata.com. That trip planner isn’t… Keep reading…
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The Price of Safety, part 1: Track workers face danger
Metro employees who inspect and maintain the system’s infrastructure are vital to safe and reliable operations. The training, morale, and by extension safety of these workers must be an top priority. Sadly, Metro has suffered the loss of several track workers in recent years. In 2006, Metro lost three track workers in two separate accidents. On May 14, 2006 senior mechanic… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hitting a wall
Free transit if you develop an app; Put the jobs near the people; Why-Mart?; Distracted reporter driving; Don’t be chicken; Klingle all the way; Two mayors on parking. Keep reading…
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OCTO goes open source with iPhone app
Not only did DC’s OCTO create an iPhone application showing Circulator information, but they’re going to release the source code for the app later this week, according to DDOT’s John Lisle. That’s a great way to encourage even more innovation. Unlike some agencies, they’re not worried about forcing people to use “their” tool, or capturing revenue. They are selling the app for 99¢… Keep reading…
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DC on a roll with Circulator iPhone app
DC’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer strikes again. In June, OCTO, DDOT, and the Office of Planning created Where’s My Bus, a Web app that lets you find out real-time positions of all Circulator buses. Today, they announced an iPhone app (“DC Circulator”) to make it even easier for iPhone users to find Circulator stops and track their buses. Keep reading…
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Ask Kwame Brown to maintain public access in downtown Ward 7
This afternoon, the DC Council Committee on Economic Development will decide whether to give Donatelli Development an entire large parcel at the corner of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road for free, or whether to give them almost all of the parcel while maintaining a public right-of-way around the perimeter for a future road connection and a reasonable Community Benefits Agreement. Keep reading…