Posts tagged H Street
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DDOT buying streetcars, Fairfax naming Silver stations
Oregon will build streetcars for DC; Silver Line station names may get less boring. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Punt it
Extended play; Congressional meddling to get behind; Streetcar comes up short; Schools face cuts; Bar owners back their best interest; DoD choice worsens traffic; Bike sharing a ripoff? Expand it!; Formalize the informal street; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put up your dukes
No “plan,” but a strong intention; Loudoun wavers on Silver; Gentrification is complicated; Better bus service coming; Real-time signs won’t innovate; What does a designer say about the new map?; BRAC II out for now; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Policing strategy
Crime isn’t quite so bad; Whistleblowing officer to sue MPD; 3 streetcars isn’t enough; Should DCPS create charter schools?; House transpo bill getting changes; When loitering is good; And…. Keep reading…
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H Street getting performance parking in March
Parking on H Street NE will continue costing 75¢ per hour from 7 am to 6:30 pm but increase to $2 per hour until 10 pm, under a performance parking program DDOT plans to launch in March. Damon Harvey, DDOT’s parking operations manager, and Councilmember Tommy Wells are co-hosting a meeting tonight to discuss the plan. It’s 6:30-8 pm at Sherwood Rec Center, 640… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More about the Metro budget
WMATA to hire 1000; Bike lockers get cheaper; Sarles answers only some questions; Transit center delayed; Fairfax wants FBI; Grants push a better H Street; Herndon says no to roundabout; Poor kids miss play. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t jump
Metro behind in suicide prevention; Troubles for the trolley?; 11th St. Bridge span opens; Who should maintain the roads?; Gentrifiers get gentrified out; More playgrounds than you think; Photo tickets down, bike lane tickets up; And…. Keep reading…
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Experimental real-time transit screens come to Arlington, DC
If you go into the Java Shack coffee shop near Court House in Arlington, or walk past the Red Palace bar on H Street in DC, you will see a new experimental project from the Mobility Lab: Digital screens showing real-time transit arrivals and Capital Bikeshare availability. At Java Shack, customers waiting for coffee or sitting at a table can see the next Metrobus, ART, or Orange Line… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Recent ideas reconsidered
How will the streetcar connect to Union Station?; WMATA may simplify and raise fares; BRAC traffic study was far off; Few complain about Metro formally; Montgomery rejects curfew and anti-loitering bills; Cuccinelli runs for governor; And…. Keep reading…
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Streetcar track poses hazard to one contributor and her bike
Last night, Alex Baca suffered a minor bike crash after her wheel got stuck in the H Street streetcar tracks. She says she was swerving around a double-parked car, leaving her no safe place to ride. p { margin: 0 } If you were by the Atlas around 2 p.m. you might’ve seen me get my tire caught in the streetcar tracks and bounce into a cop car.alexbaca16 hours agoReplyRetweet@lydiadepillis… Keep reading…