Posts tagged Pedestrians
-
Breakfast links: Not entirely effective
‘Effective’ DC teachers not effectively distributed; Metro escalator model problematic; Embassy wants parking to buy more cars; LA TV has windshield perspective too; Street crossers like lemmings?; ICC part 1 opening soon; NYC gets camera-enforced bus lanes; Suburban poor struggle in recession; And…. Keep reading…
-
Struck in DC this week: 8 pedestrians, 1 cyclist
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
-
Weekend links: Questionable actions
PG County Executive and wife arrested; No more free Smithsonians?; Herndon Metro plan raises differing opinions; DC crime concentrated in pockets; M and New Jersey SE will start (Barnes) dancing; Montgomery moves closer to car sharing; Metro wants to hire vets; Driver charged in hit-and-run on S. Capitol; And…. Keep reading…
-
Push for better parking zoning, development, streetcars, retail and buses in DC and Arlington next week
Next week is a big one for advocates for sustainable transportation to make sure DC and Arlington seize big opportunities to move forward. There is a huge streetcar hearing, a key parking zoning hearing, the first step to rewriting the federal Comprehensive Plan, and exciting forums on East Falls Church, far Northeast livability, the Circulator, upper 14th Street, the Columbia… Keep reading…
-
Afternoon links: Trouble brewing
Food cart problems in Silver Spring; States in trouble with USDOT; GOP House will revisit HSR and TIGER projects; San Francisco has negative balance; Sherman Avenue to get Complete treatment; Pavement to parks in San Francisco; Are bike lanes really safe?; Free market traffic lights; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Better pedestrian environments
New crosswalks in Lincoln Park; Arlington police step up enforcement; A green street in PG; Arlington’s streetcar old and new; Credit card payment at more Metro lots; New LEED to incorporate transportation; Free parking in Eugene not working as hoped; Robocars by 2026 or not?; Regions and neighborhoods more important than cities?. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: What’s in a number?
How far can you get in 15 minutes?; 85-year-old man killed; Hit-and-run driver avoids felony charge; How CaBi handled the insanity; Coke gives $50,000 toward Mall rehab; Ballston looks to create BID; Dulles Metro stop could ruin viewshed?; EPA attacks manicured lawns; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Only in Fairfax
Ped killed where crosswalk unmarked; Why not Fairfax County Avenue?; Fairfax looking to add bike lockers; Write-in results still weeks away; Teacher arrest highlights problems in and out of school; Why are bus fares lower?; WMATA will inspect all escalators; And…. Keep reading…
-
Weekend links: Smart moves
CaBi stands for Cammunity Binefit?; Buy SmarTrips, American students; Express lane for peds; DDOT replaces more meters; Food truck debate continues; Divided we authorize transportation spending; Tech start-ups eschew Valley for city; And…. Keep reading…
-
Petula Dvorak puts a few minutes’ convenience over Montgomery residents’ lives
How many people worry about strangers kidnapping their children and lament the loss of life in Iraq, but then put other people and their children in danger the moment they get on the road by speeding, and become apoplectic if the government tries to get them to stop? Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak demonstrated this “windshield perspective,” which we sometimes… Keep reading…