Posts tagged Montgomery
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Breakfast links: More places to bike
Klingle getting built; CaBi expanding in Arlington; Shovel, Montgomery; Will the stadium community benefit?; Belvoir boom burgeons; Abandoned homes to affordable housing; Transportation answers; And…. Keep reading…
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Sharrows tell drivers to share the road with cyclists, except when that road is a state highway
Sharrows are great for streets where there isn’t room for a traditional bike lane. But sometimes, they’re used as a way to avoid putting in a bike lane, which is bad for bicyclists and drivers alike. Keep reading…
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Where DC area bike fatalities happen, in one map… and what’s the real “intersection of doom”
Since 1987, over 100 DC area cyclists have died in motor vehicle crashes. This map shows where they are. And there’s just one intersection in the region which had two separate fatal crashes. Can you guess where? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Volunteers needed
The new way to pay fares; Get dense; DC General gets a playground; Street Sense human cameras?; Dig into DC’s past; Not a giant rebate; No more Hailo; So close yet so far; Bike crashes up and down; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who pays what
Price to play; Not most expensive?; When growth doesn’t pay; DC still undecided; Can’t cross the street to school; Stop for school buses; Make it look traditional; What’s next in transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro ridership
Metro ridership is down; Where do Silver Line riders go?; Yellow Line or more lanes?; Too much traffic at National; Fewer taxi rules in MoCo; Pedestrian safety in College Park; If bikes were cars; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Buses, buses, buses (and walking and biking)
If you care about buses, this is the week for you! The events calendar is filled with Virginia bus meetings, but if you get tired of sitting and listening during your weeknights, CSG and WABA have got your exercise with a walking tour and bike tour this weekend in Maryland. Virginia buses (and other transportation): If you’re a Virginian and care about buses, boy is it a busy… Keep reading…
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White Flint is at a crossroads, and traffic engineers should follow the path the community chose
Montgomery County leaders and residents have worked for years to re-plan White Flint as a pedestrian-friendly urban place. Now that redevelopment is finally beginning, county traffic engineers insist on suburban-style road designs rather than complete streets. In this letter to the editor, County Councilmember Roger Berliner demands the Department of Transportation honor… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The square and the triangle
No Spy Museum for Carnegie Library; Mount Vernon Triangle reborn; Told you so; DC taxis behaving badly; Chesapeake Bay benefits economy; Make sure you shovel; Save our parking lots; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The feds have spoken
Cert denied; Obama for Bowser; New escalators coming up; No tunnel for the trail; Cycletracks for MoCo; Ticketing peds and drivers; Don’t call it a “trolley”; Springfield out of the running?; Six is plenty?; Twelve is too much. Keep reading…