Posts tagged Pedestrians
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Sidewalks belong everywhere, even where Fenty friends live
Residents of the North Portal Estates neighborhood thought they were getting a nice, new street reconstruction, including sidewalks to keep themselves and their children safe. That is, until one politically-connected resident intervened personally with Mayor Fenty. Now, DDOT has just finished reconstructing several main streets in the neighborhood as wide roads for cars… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 14th, car-centrism, and you
Noise on 14th, from bars and politics; Huge garage better than daytime neighborhood activity?; DC, MD fix it first; VA widens it first; Pedestrian strikes front of fast-moving police cruiser; And…. Keep reading…
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Are people using the Seven Corners pedestrian bridge?
On May 20th, Fairfax County finally opened the pedestrian overpass at Seven Corners. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand up and be counting
Entitled Driver Syndrome alive and well; Count bikes and peds Thursday and Saturday; Safeway Avenue, NW; Maryland may actually start being smart; Development updates; Metro morsels. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Nothing in life is free
Germantown parking district; Valet park for class?; Not so brotherly on TV; “Panhandling meters”; Dupont row house saved!; You get what you pay for, but safer anyway; The unusual vs. the mundane; Federal safety grants?. Keep reading…
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Trail signs should work like street signs
Not long ago, my sister from Los Angeles was visiting me in Arlington, and wanted walking directions to a coffee shop. She didn’t mind taking a longer walk, so I recommended one about 2.5 miles away that she would enjoy. The shortest and most pleasant way to walk there included sections of bike trails. I found that giving her directions to be really difficult. Everything had to… Keep reading…
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Morning links: Back and greater than ever
I’m back; “Overgrown office park” to real city; More sidewalks coming, especially in River East; I-270 corridor residents want transit; Mixed-income areas boost civic participation; Arlington gets greener, transit opponents claim to be; Across the nation; And…. Keep reading…
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National Harbor to cyclists, pedestrians: Drop dead
Saturday was the official opening of the Wilson Bridge active transportation crossing. It’s hard to find a better facility in the region. Beginning at the Mount Vernon Trail on South Washington Street in Alexandria, the path is wide and spacious to accommodate all users, the kiosks along the route are informative and the view north is spectacular. On the Maryland side, the bridge… Keep reading…
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More people walking, biking, riding the bus to Metro stations
Metro is beginning a study to examine bicycle and pedestrian accessibility to rail stations. Many of the stations were originally designed around commuter park-and-ride use, but more recently, more and more people are biking, walking, and riding the bus to stations. The study will formulate recommendations for improving bike and pedestrian access as well as facilities like bicycle… Keep reading…