Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Breakfast links: Forgiven
Metro news; Forgiving vs. self-explaining roads; Manhattan’s “vertical cul-de-sac”; Develop here, not there; Leventhal and Knapp’s own windshield perspective; More progress at 15th and W. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Mean streets of Maryland
Cyclist dies at spot slated to become more auto-centric; That’s not all; Behave yourselves!; Watering trees by bike; Amtrak on Google Transit too; Road connectivity dialogue proceeding over DMPED’s objections; Cheh, Graham, Wells safe; Mendelson, Fenty maybe not. Keep reading…
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Inauguration every day? Metro studying bike/ped access
Over the next 20 years, Metro ridership is expected to grow significantly (up 40% from 2005). According to Metro’s Kristen Haldeman, that will make the Inauguration Day crowds a daily experience. It’s going to be impossible to handle that kind of ridership if people try to get to the Metro stations with the same driving mode share we have today. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still safer than driving, but how safe?
Another Metro fatality; Near-crash kept secret; Sidewalks: Prudent or fascist?; Feet in the Street really in the Park; Most prefer MARC to Hagerstown; Highways displace streetcars, again; Take me out on the water to the ballgame. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We all need a little calming
Head under la hood; A fancy bridge doesn’t make it green; Breaking out of “two leg perspective”; Speed cameras working; How about in Southeast?; Not a ham sandwich; Our streets belong to drivers. Keep reading…
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Fairfax needs a street grid, but more than an island
Fairfax City just enacted a new commercial real estate tax dedicated to transportation, and plans to use the money to facilitate redevelopment on Fairfax Boulevard. The area surrounding Route 123, branded as “Northfax,” will be the first priority for large-scale redevelopment. While the plans are still in a very early stage, and redevelopment proposals have not… Keep reading…
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Compare mode share across Metro stations
Metro has posted some fascinating charts from their bicycle and pedestrian study. Here’s their chart showing the relative mode share for riders at each station: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Standing alone
And then there was one; They’re called roadside stands for a reason; Go Saqib; Not another passive park?; A safer McLean; States not fixing it first; The condo paradox; Tweet of the day. Keep reading…
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Adams Morgan streetscape will make pedestrians welcome
Tonight, DDOT will discuss the planned Adams Morgan streetscape project, which will reconstruct 18th Street from Florida Avenue to Columbia Road. The project would widen sidewalks, repair and replace tree boxes, streetlights, and sidewalk pavement. It would also reconfigure the roadway from two travel lanes in each direction and angled parking on one side to one travel lane each… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No money but mo’ problems
Two externality-busting revenue sources survive; Safety net still to be saved; Nightmare in two years; $0 for roads, 0 for ideas; Dutch road pricing coming; Stupid, indeed; Sidewalks on Kojo; Park easier. Keep reading…