Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Middle Georgia Avenue getting “Great Streets” treatment
On May 17, 2010, work on the $7.9 million Middle Georgia Avenue Great Streets project began. The project is expected to last approximately 18 months and will include the area between Webster Street and Otis Place, NW, and include Upshur Street between 8th and 9th Streets. The District’s stated goals and objectives with their Great Streets projects are: Improve the quality… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links and media: Final decisions
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Reflecting on Greater Washington’s changes over 10 years
As advocates, we spend a lot of time on Greater Greater Washington discussing visions and practical plans to make Greater Washington Greater. While we have lots of room to become Greater, I think it’s important to celebrate things that are currently Great but weren’t always. Two Wednesdays ago, I attended DC United’s friendly game against A.C. Milan. … Keep reading…
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Bridge will connect trail, Edgewood to RI Ave Metro
The Rhode Island Avenue Metro station sits high above Rhode Island Avenue, east of and above the railroad tracks. Riders who want to get to the Edgewood neighborhood to the northwest must follow a very circuitous route. They must descend on a long, sloping, and ugly pedestrian ramp across the avenue, then curve in a sort of pedestrian cloverleaf around to the sidewalk. They must… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Events and freeways
Mr. Metro Map; Soccer will be in the circle; Freeway pushers pressuring Arlington; Costs, questions for Beltway HOT lanes; Americans support restrictions for safer driving; Freeway danger I; Freeway danger II; Route 1’s bike lake. Keep reading…
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Council approves sidewalk bill with a few amendments
The DC Council passed on first reading the Priority Sidewalk Assurance Act to require installation of sidewalks on at least one side of any street being reconstructed. Councilmember Phil Mendelson (at-large) introduced four amendments to the current bill. The bill requires DDOT to provide notice to neighbors and the ANC, provide an opportunity for comment, and explain… Keep reading…
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Speak for sidewalks
This morning, the entire DC Council will consider the Sidewalk Assurance Act, to ensure that political considerations don’t stop sidewalks from going in when DDOT is already reconstructing streets. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silly and serious
Are we “yuppies”? Are streetcars “toys”?; Papers without patience; Google made them build an unsafe road?; No videotaping police misconduct?; Riding it all; Georgetown streetcars tonight; Bike bits; Can the best congestion model sell congestion pricing?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Going up
Fare hike and more; The magic of sharing data; Metro PD bravery; Nobody uses them because they’re not open; DC drivers really are ignorant; Rubber sidewalks?; Lord Jesus Christ hit in crosswalk; Going without. Keep reading…
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“Pedestrian crossing” options oddly resemble interchanges
Montgomery County DOT has released design alternatives in their study of a “pedestrian crossing project between the National Naval Medical Center and the Medical Center Metro station.” The alternatives could improve the experience for pedestrians crossing Rockville Pike/MD-355, but also look a lot like the vehicular interchanges that MCDOT staff insisted… Keep reading…