Posts tagged Nyc Dot
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New York sees similar bike and communication debates as DC
New York City is 13 times the size of DC and its greater metro region 3½ times as big. Political fights there are also far larger, including ones over bicycle lanes and public spaces, as a New York Times profile on Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan details. It explains how Sadik-Khan has pushed forward with many innovative projects including closing parts… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step up on the streets
MPD ticketing distracted drivers at record rate; New York City enforcing speed limit, bike laws; Arena Stage reopens tomorrow; Infill moves forward; A new Metro map?; Not so much will change under Gray; MoCo Council on pedestrian safety; No more helmet hair; And…. Keep reading…
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Where could DC make space for pedestrians?
Since the pedestrianization of Broadway, the Times Square Alliance has found that foot traffic in Times Square is up 15%. The BBC has a great video about counting foot traffic in New York’s busiest pedestrian space: What places in our area would be nicer as pedestrian spaces, either part or full time? Keep reading…
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Morning links: Out of the road
Bus tragedy; Keeping bike racks off Pennsylvania; Opposing comes at a cost; Food trucks roll around for another article; Fishing for tows; Google the Shweeb; And in Oregon…; Cities in focus; Vision on the SW Waterfront. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Saved
The word on texting; Plannin’ for McMillan; “Most important” new buildings; Auto-centrism in New York development; Auto-centrism in Brooklyn notables; Healthier in the Charm City; How transit mode share has changed; We need bicycle infrastructure. Keep reading…
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No Mo’neme
DDOT Director Emeka Moneme has resigned. The Post reports that Moneme was “irked by Fenty’s hands-on managing style”; my sources say there was a growing dissatisfaction with Moneme from the Fenty administration as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: streets for people edition
Outdoor seating causes rapes? Cleveland Park ANC Commissioner Frank Winstead was in top form Monday night to oppose late-night outdoor seating at Comet Ping Pong, arguing that it would “turn [the neigborhood] into Adams Morgan, with the murders [and] the rapes.” From Marc Fisher’s summary, it sounds like Winstead’s crusade and the resulting publicity… Keep reading…
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New Partners: Congestion pricing and transportation finance
The panel at the New Partners conference on transportation finance featured NYC’s congestion pricing hero Bruce Schaller, and Michael Replogle of Environmental Defense. As David Burwell of Project for Public Spaces said when he introduced the panel: The transportation trust fund is broke—not just broken, but broke. Actually, the highway fund is broke now, and the… Keep reading…
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“I’m all for bike lanes but” not enough room to double park
Today’s Gridlock Sam column in the NY Daily News contains this letter that reveals the amazing absurdity of New York’s parking mess. This truck driver depends on double parking to make deliveries, but new bike lanes interfere with space for the double parking. Does he criticize the lack of loading zones? No, it’s clearly the bike lanes at fault. And rather… Keep reading…
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DDOT may restore two-way traffic on 15th Street
NYC DOT has been on a tear recently converting some excessively wide, one-way neighborhood streets like Carlton Ave in Fort Greene and 9th Street in Park Slope into two-way streets with medians and bike lanes that balance the needs of cars, pedestrians, and bicyclists. DC has some of these too, like 15th Street NW, a four-lane (plus parking) high-speed road that’s about… Keep reading…