Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Can the CCT bridge Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda?
The design of the Purple Line might mean displacing the Capital Crescent Trail from its Bethesda tunnel. Some say that an at-grade crossing of Wisconsin Avenue will be too dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. But are there any good alternatives? I think that many hope that if only we make a strong commitment, bring creative imagination and bring professional expertise to… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NPS is naughty and nice
Plan improves Rock Creek trails; Norton wants peace between pedicabs & NPS; DC buys 2 more streetcars; MD, VA forgo millions in gas tax; Big box development coming to NE DC; NTSB calls for cellphone ban; Food trucks activate vacant storefronts; Build down instead of up?; Pedestrian bridges fail in India. Keep reading…
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New Carlin Springs Bridge design better serves non-motorists
Arlington County has chosen a pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly design for its upcoming rehabilitation of the Carlin Springs Bridge over North George Mason Drive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome and unwelcome guests
Developer wants bus stop gone; Wells wants DC United to stay; What to do with Union Station? Tour buses?; DC United not considering Prince George’s; Inflation applies to Dulles tolls; Protest updates; Cyclists’ Ed. comes to elementary school; Test scores and the achieve gap rise; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: World-sized ideas
Will giant globe perch over freeway?; Dupont underground movies?; What agencies say about buildings; Petition against the sidepath law; Height limit = high prices in one city; Traffic is bad for you, biking good; The decline of pedestrian rights; And…. Keep reading…
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Blind adherence to codes leaves pedestrians out in the cold
Pedestrians at a Reading, Pennsylvania shopping center find out the hard way what happens when engineers let the rules supersede common sense. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do your civic duty
VA party control in the balance today; Senate transpo bill has good and bad; Homeless Orleans on the ballot; Occupiers protest MPD; From food court to grand court?; Dutch kids get drivers’/cyclists’/peds’ ed.; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumper weekend
Driver strikes 3 protestors… intentionally?; WMATA wants to break radio silence; Borrowing is the new stealing?; Attend a town hall by hashtag; Gentrification, or more diversity?; DC Democrats become less democratic; RI Ave ped/bike bridge moving forward; And…. Keep reading…
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It’s TIGER time again
Each of the past three years the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has allocated hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to local governments, as part of a program called TIGER. Each year the Metropolitan Washington Transportation Planning Board (TPB) puts together an application on behalf of the DC region. This year, TPB is submitting an application for $24 million… Keep reading…