Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Were appeals against walking car-centric or just prudent?
At the height of the storm and its immediate aftermath, local officials and newscasters were urging people not to walk outside, because they were walking in the street and would get in the way of vehicles. Keep reading…
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DDOT will reexamine Fort Totten no-people zone
DDOT has listened to the many Greater Greater Washington readers and others who asked for a more pedestrian-friendly intersection at Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue near Fort Totten. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Senatorial outrage
Mikulski wants a change; Coburn “doesn’t get bikes”; Not enough time for peds and drivers; How about an app for that; Ticket yourself; Bike into the office. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Debating density
Four stories? Professional offices?; A walkable Herndon?; Good questions; I-66 metering now two-way; More water for bank deserts?; Locking the canal again; Free car with condo. Keep reading…
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Pictures of Fort Totten’s no-people zone
Reader “Totten Nettot” sent in two more photos that illustrate the transformation of the Riggs Road/South Dakota Avenue area in Fort Totten and the folly of excluding pedestrians from one side of this intersection. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing before our eyes
Two approaches to downtown; Two more crashes, two fewer people; Pedestrians? We’ll take a quick look when we widen; Don’t forget education; Turbo building. Keep reading…
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Key Fort Totten intersection to get 3/4 better
DDOT plans to reconfigure a completely pedestrian-hostile intersection near Fort Totten into one that’s only a little bit pedestrian-hostile. You can encourage them to go further and make pedestrians and cyclists full citizens of this area. Today, the intersection of Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue is a high-speed net of curving ramps more appropriate for a… Keep reading…
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It Takes a Village 2: Walkable urbanism is good for seniors
Earlier this year, I wrote about how human-scale walkable urban places empower adolescents to experience the world without needing parental chauffeuring services. The same applies to seniors who have stopped driving for health or other reasons. This Thanksgiving, I visited my grandparents in their new apartment in a senior community in New Jersey. Heath Village is a quiet,… Keep reading…
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Traffic on and around WAMU
On Wednesday, Diane Rehm talked traffic with Traffic author Tom Vanderbilt, Deputy US Secretary of Transportation John Porcari, and Brookings fellow Robert Puentes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Sharing is caring
DC close to deal with Bixi?; Rent out your car (in Baltimore); Half of highway costs are subsidized; Taxi discrimination confirmed; The secret, deadly crosswalk; Broke? Add more lanes anyway!; And…. Keep reading…