Posts tagged Pedestrians
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National links: Peculiar purple lights illuminate issues for city street lighting
Why streetlights are turning purple. How walking helps us think. Repurposing federal highway money for transit. Keep reading…
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Can DC learn from Hoboken’s Vision Zero success?
How Hoboken, NJ’s Vision Zero success can be applied to efforts in DC. Keep reading…
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Transit Diary: Brian Goggin, getting around SW DC and Arlington
As part of our new Transit Diaries series, we asked several people how they got around the region. Here’s what they had to say. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MoCo Council passes bill to ban most new buildings from using gas
MoCo Council unanimously passes bill to power most new buildings with clean energy by 2027. NPS considers road diet for GW Parkway, widening Mount Vernon Trail. Alexandria looks to revamp its transit funding structure. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Former DDOT director-turned federal transit official talks nationwide transportation electrification efforts
Former DDOT director talks plans to create a national electric vehicle charging network. Tenant association purchases apartment building in Takoma Park. Building heights reduced in Huntington Metro development plan. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After deadliest year in a decade for pedestrians in Fairfax County, advocates hold a memorial
Road safety advocates remember victims of traffic violence in Fairfax County in deadliest year for pedestrians in a decade. Best guesses for where incoming members of Congress may settle. Bowie’s car-swallowing, 8-foot-wide sinkhole has been repaired. Keep reading…
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Why there needs to be more memorials and monuments honoring victims of traffic violence
Nearly 43,000 people were killed on US roads last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. So, why are there so few memorials paying tribute to victims of traffic violence? Keep reading…
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Go big or go home: A real safety vision for DC’s deadliest streets
If DC’s leaders are serious about preventing fatal crashes, they should spend the most time and money fixing high-speed arterials, which make up a minority of the District’s roads, but are where a majority of crashes, injuries, and deaths occur. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dangerous roads considered for overhaul with federal infrastructure dollars
DC identifies major projects that could be funded with federal infrastructure dollars. Victims of traffic violence remembered in protest for safer streets. Metro pilots faregate redesigns to discourage fare evasion. Keep reading…
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National links: Rethinking the role of community feedback
Community feedback needs reform. Secretary Buttigieg on active transportation. The end of the urban drug store? Keep reading…