Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Breakfast links: Who to hire?
Gray picks public safety chiefs, Lanier to stay; WMATA needs drivers; Capital region commuters drive less, ride more; Housing harder to afford; Transit backlog thanks to ICC; MWAA will likely drop closest Dulles station proposal; Adams Morgan hotel gets support; Va. Beach light rail hits a snag; And…. Keep reading…
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Support local charities this holiday season
The season of giving is upon us, and many of us make meaningful contributions to charitable organizations at this time of the year. When thinking about what groups to support, please consider helping out some of our local nonprofits which work to improve the lives of people in our region and create better communities. Here are a few nonprofits which our contributors listed as some… Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 6 pedestrians, 2 cyclists
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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A toast to 2010: Top five Smart Growth moments of the year
2010 was a great year for smart growth. It was the year that biking, walking and transit communities really took off. And what a battle for Metro service we had! Here are our choices at the Coalition for Smarter Growth for the top five smart growth achievements from the last twelve months. Keep reading…
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A conversation with a traffic engineer
A number of people have sent this hilarious xtranormal video where a traditional traffic engineer tries to explain a street “improvement” project to a resident of a nice, safe neighborhood street. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The word from the top
Baker has the right priorities; Good news in Gray personnel; Gabe not so radical?; On tenterhooks over committee assignments; Harassment on the metro; Bay cleanup could prevent smart growth; Affordable housing and 2 projects; More pedestrians hit in PG; New signage at Federal Triangle?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad and good news in Virginia
VA must identify transportation priorities; Falls Church man struck and killed; Virginia launches offshore wind panel; Region’s unemployment down; Bike sharing comes to College Park; Pushing back against Walmart; Lots and lots of parking coming to Ward 5; We have a surplus of parking; How Metrobuses got their names; New reckless driving laws ignored?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raising eyebrows, expectations and rates
New PG officials take office; Loudoun getting a bit more bikeable, walkable; Pepco will raise rates; Tax the food trucks; DCPS creates dashboard; Give DC control over its budget; Listen to the track signals; DC development developments; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro proposes quintupling bicycle access mode share
Metro has completed its study of pedestrian and bicycle access to Metrorail stations. The recommendations include an aggressive yet important goal of tripling the percentage of riders who arrive by bicycle by 2020 and quintupling it by 2030. In 2007, 0.7% of Metrorail riders arrived by bicycle. Metro’s ridership is growing, but adding parking capacity is extremely… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power struggles
Pepco has reliability problems; Orange Crush will continue; Fairfax Fire and Rescue wants design by fire truck; Education advice for Gray; Traffic deaths down in DC; More pay-by-cell parking in MoCo; Ghost bike in Fairfax; A responsive transit agency in Rhode Island; And…. Keep reading…