Posts tagged H And I Streets
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Seven early takeaways from the H & I Street bus lanes
DC’s most ambitious bus lanes in decades opened this week, on H and I Streets downtown. Following their first days open, here are seven observations about how well—and not well—they seem to be working so far. Keep reading…
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The DC region lost 60 miles of bus lanes. It’s time to get them back
Prior to 1976, the Washington region had at least 60 miles of bus-only lanes, with even more proposed. This map shows where they were. 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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An H Street bus lane would help both transit & cars
Every day 33 bus routes converge on H and I Streets in downtown DC, making it the busiest bus corridor in the DC region. According to a WMATA report, a contraflow bus lane on H Street would dramatically improve travel times for both transit riders and car drivers. At peak times, one bus per minute travels along H or I. At off-peak, it’s a bus every two minutes. Today, all those… Keep reading…
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Circulator will go to Mall, bus priority gets funding
The DC Circulator bus will add service to the National Mall by 2015, and Mayor Gray has added funding to the budget to improve bus service elsewhere in the city, Mayor Gray and Councilmember Mary Cheh just announced in a press release. The Circulator service would not be the same as the old loop around Constitution and Independence Avenues, which DC discontinued in 2011. That line… Keep reading…
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Metro proving need for bus lanes on H and I Streets
40% of the people traveling in vehicles along H and I Streets near the White House are on only 2% of the vehicles: local and commuter buses. That makes this a perfect spot to build bus lanes, which will both save money and improve service at the same time. For years now, Metro has been talking about “bus priority.” It’s now taken an important step to study how to actually… Keep reading…
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DDOT moves planned I Street cycle track to M Street
As Pennsylvania Avenue gets its new bike lanes, DDOT has adjusted and improved its plans for the other downtown cycle tracks. A DC government source said that the agency has eliminated the proposed westbound cycle track on I Street and shifted it to M Street between 15th and 29th Streets. The reasons for this change are twofold. First, traffic models indicated that removing… Keep reading…
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Amid exciting innovations, DDOT neglecting bus priority
DDOT is moving forward with many exciting transportation projects that will improve DC, from bike lanes to streetcars. However, their plans for these projects fail to also consider the vital task of making our existing bus service more efficient. There are a few key places where lots of buses use a single street, and get slowed down by traffic. According to data from WMATA, the… Keep reading…